Corbeil-Essonnes: station history
Served by: RER D.
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An Essonne station on RER line D, at the junction of several lines: Villeneuve-Saint-Georges to Montargis, Grigny to Corbeil, and the start of the Corbeil to Montereau line. It began as an embarcadère of the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans. The word « embarcadère », borrowed from river navigation, was used for railway stations until about 1860.
Anecdote
The original building stood on rue de la Seine, about a hundred metres east of the present station. In 1979 it was given white metal cladding, and in 2020 its façade was renovated and a new canopy added. A 56-metre south footbridge, 6 metres above the tracks, with four staircases and four lifts, was built in 2016-2017 for about 6 million euros. An extra platform was added in 2012-2013. An Allied air raid killed 26 people and injured 52 at the station.
Around Corbeil-Essonnes
- Grands Moulins de Corbeil, 800 m away — The remains of a former flour mill, once among the largest in France at the turn of the 20th century.