Courbevoie: station history
Served by: Transilien L.
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A station in the Hauts-de-Seine on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite line, about 7.4 kilometres from Paris, on an embankment at an altitude of 50 metres. It opened provisionally on 8 October 1838 with the Société anonyme du chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Cloud et Versailles, and became permanent in August 1839, when the line opened in full to Versailles.
Anecdote
In 1838 the commune chose, by 12 votes to 5, to have the line follow the road to Bezons rather than the road to Le Havre, after being consulted by Émile Pereire. A petition of 1903-1904 for an intermediate station was rejected. Since the 2016 timetable, trains to Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche have called at Courbevoie instead of Saint-Cloud.
Around Courbevoie
- Musée Roybet Fould, 1350 m away — The 'Musée de France' of Parc de Bécon, with the largest collection of the painter Ferdinand Roybet; free admission.
- Parc de Bécon, 1250 m away — A park of several hectares on the Seine, with its pavilions from the 1878 World's Fair.