Conflans-Fin-d'Oise: origin of the name and station history
Served by: RER A, Transilien J and L.
Why this name?
A station in the Yvelines served by RER line A, made up of two superimposed stations: the upper station at kilometre point 26.412, 26.4 km from Paris-Saint-Lazare, and the lower station at kilometre point 25.744. The name comes from the nearby confluence ("Conflans") of the Seine and the Oise. The first lower station, Conflans-Andrésy, opened on 15 October 1877; it was renamed Conflans Fin d'Oise in 1891, then rebuilt on the same site on 28 September 1985, with a footbridge linking the upper and lower stations. The lower station has a central platform 225 metres long.
Anecdote
To obtain a halt in their district, the residents of Fin-d'Oise presented a petition to the town council. The upper station's halt opened on 15 January 1894 as "Halte de Fin d'Oise": the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest asked for 20,000 francs, the commune paid 1,200 and the residents covered the rest by subscription. It was renamed Conflans Pont-Eiffel in 1929. Between the winter of 2009-2010 and that of 2010-2011, a return TGV service from Strasbourg to Le Havre served the upper station.
Around Conflans-Fin-d'Oise
- Musée de la Batellerie, 550 m away — Devoted to bargee life, in this town nicknamed France's 'capital of inland shipping'.