Enghien-les-Bains: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
A station in the Val-d'Oise opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord on the Paris-Nord to Lille line, opened on 18 June 1846; the station opened less than a month later. Now belonging to the SNCF and served by Transilien line H, it has kept its original passenger building, enlarged and altered over time, with the inscription "Chemin de fer du Nord" on the cornice. The former hall, which served as a bus station, had been built as the terminus of the line to Montmorency.
Anecdote
The nickname "Refoulons" refers to the secondary railway of about three kilometres to Montmorency, opened in 1866: the locomotives pushed the carriages rather than pulling them, because of the steep gradient. To shunt wagons in the goods yard, cables, pulleys and a capstan were used, machines being forbidden because of the weak strength of the infrastructure. The goods station later moved to Bois-Jacques in Soisy-sous-Montmorency and was replaced by a square named Jean-Mermoz. In 1897 a tramway line came into service, and place Foch has a car park on the slab covering the tracks.
Around Enghien-les-Bains
- Casino d'Enghien-les-Bains, 600 m away — Opened in 1901, one of the closest casinos to Paris — barely 20 minutes from Gare du Nord.