Clichy-Levallois: station history
Served by: Transilien L.
Did you know?
A Transilien line L station, on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line, at an altitude of 36.5 metres, on an embankment. It straddles two communes: the station building, place du 8-Mai-1945, the platforms and the main tracks are in Levallois-Perret, while the secondary tracks and the neighbouring maintenance centre are in Clichy. The first attempts to open, including a station opened then closed on 13 August for lack of passengers, failed; in 1902, a new station was established at kilometre point 3.203, at the request of the communes.
Anecdote
Since the 2016 annual timetable, group II trains make an extra stop there, giving direct access to the La Défense business district. According to Wikipedia, a shell fired by the « Big Bertha » fell on the station on 5 August 1918, during the First World War. An underpass forms the station's secondary access.
Around Clichy-Levallois
- Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul de Clichy, 1300 m away — A Clichy church whose organ, designed for the 1900 World's Fair, is listed.
- Île de la Jatte, 2200 m away — An island in the Seine linked to the Impressionists, which inspired Seurat's 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte'.