Chelles-Gournay: station history
Served by: RER E, Transilien P.
Did you know?
A station opened in 1849 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg, then operated by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. It became the terminus of branch E2 of RER E in 1999, and is served by Transilien line P. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 it was on the front line: the patients and equipment of the Ville-Évrard asylum were evacuated there. Renamed « Chelles - Gournay » in 1885, it has a station building rebuilt during the LGV Est works, completed in 2009.
Anecdote
In September 1851, an experimental device allowed dispatches to be picked up and dropped off without stopping the train. The writer Armand Lanoux recalls in his childhood memories a « delirious glazed kiosk » on the courtyard side. A stone building from 1857 was demolished in 1931 for a more imposing one, when the line went to four tracks. During the 2024 Olympic Games, the station served as an access point, by shuttle bus, to the Vaires-sur-Marne water sports stadium.
Around Chelles-Gournay
- Abbaye de Chelles, 800 m away — Founded in the 7th century by Queen Bathilde, a former slave who became Clovis II's wife.