Colombes: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
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A Transilien line J station, at kilometre point 7.250 of the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Ermont - Eaubonne line, 7.2 km from Gare Saint-Lazare, between Bois-Colombes and Le Stade. It is on a viaduct 585 metres long, 18 wide and 5.50 high, in reinforced concrete with a steel girder frame. The building, rebuilt in 1935, is set under the slab on rue du Bournard, and a central platform gives access to trains in both directions. The 1934 works were carried out by the Administration des chemins de fer de l'État.
Anecdote
The first station occupied the former observatory tower of the marquis de Courtanvaux, built for his astronomical work on the solar eclipses of 1765 and 1766, and demolished in 1887. The first railway crossing Colombes, between Paris and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, was put into service in 1837. A single level crossing, the source of many accidents, was installed; from 1934, electrification, four tracks and the removal of level crossings led to the station being rebuilt in 1935.
Around Colombes
- Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, 260 m away — The church of Colombes whose bell tower and Romanesque architecture mark the old centre.
- Parc Pierre-Lagravère, 1650 m away — An 11-hectare park on the former Marante and Moulin-Joly islands, on the Seine.
- Musée d'art et d'histoire de Colombes, 150 m away — The municipal museum devoted to the town's history, which held the 'Colombes, land of champions' exhibition in 2024.