Écouen-Ézanville: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
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A station in the Val-d'Oise on the Épinay to Persan - Beaumont line via Montsoult, opened in 1877 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord, the branch from Montsoult to Luzarches following in 1880. Its passenger building belongs to a particular type built by the Compagnie du Nord on the Épinay to Montsoult - Maffliers section: a low "T"-shaped wing, with a gable covering the waiting room, and a high wing three bays wide, under a transverse roof. Here the high wing is on the left.
Anecdote
The low wing originally had four bays, five on the street side, with a fence closing the corners of the "T"; these spaces were filled in when this wing was enlarged, gaining one bay. The station is at natural ground level, near the forêt d'Écouen, at 75 metres above sea level. It is the fourth stop on the line, after Sarcelles - Saint-Brice and before Domont.
Around Écouen-Ézanville
- Musée national de la Renaissance — Château d'Écouen, 190 m away — A 16th-century château built for Anne de Montmorency, home to one of France's richest collections of Renaissance tapestries and furniture.