Crouy-sur-Ourcq: station history
Served by: Transilien P.
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A Seine-et-Marne station on the Trilport to Bazoches line, opened in 1894 by the Compagnie de l'Est, at kilometre point 68.484 and an altitude of 59 metres, between Lizy-sur-Ourcq and Mareuil-sur-Ourcq. Its building is of the « Est » C type, identical to that of Lizy-sur-Ourcq. It is the last station before the provinces.
Anecdote
In 1899 there were nine daily return trips between Paris and Crouy, for a journey of about an hour and a half. The commune, nicknamed « little Switzerland », hoped to attract walkers thanks to the railway. Its church of Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte, a listed monument since 1919, combines a 12th-century Romanesque tower with a Gothic double nave reworked in 1550. The Ourcq canal, created in 1804, boosted local development, and Crouy's market was already drawing large crowds by 1610.