Creil: station history
Served by: RER D, Transilien H.
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A station in the Oise, opened in June 1846 by the Compagnie du Nord. It is the starting point of the line to Jeumont, which reached Compiègne in 1847, and of the line to Beauvais, opened in 1857. The station lies partly in Nogent-sur-Oise, on the right bank of the Oise, at an altitude of 30 metres, at the heart of a five-branch railway star.
Anecdote
In 1868 the station was 51 kilometres from Paris, with a buffet; express trains stopped there for less than three minutes. In 1898 it ranked among the most important of the Compagnie du Nord. The bombing of 1944 destroyed the old building: a temporary wooden building was used, then a new station opened in 1955. It was rehabilitated in 1988. Since 1996 the international Creil-Jeumont line has been diverted by the LGV Nord.
Around Creil
- Musée Gallé-Juillet et Maison de la Faïence, 900 m away — A 'Musée de France' built on the former fortress, with the Gallé-Juillet family's town house and nearly 600 fine Creil faience pieces.
- Église Saint-Médard, 200 m away — A medieval church of the 12th–15th centuries, whose listed furnishings are looked after by the town's heritage department.