Épinay-sur-Orge: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A station in the Essonne, an intermediate station put into service on 5 May 1843 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, now with the SNCF and served by RER line C. The 1843 passenger building is still in service, and the 1908 platform shelter has a mosaic frieze, typical of Paris-Orléans buildings put up when the line was widened to four tracks. In 1864 the village of Épinay-sur-Orge had 553 inhabitants. The line has four tracks: the two side tracks have platforms, and the two central tracks are reserved for non-stopping trains.
Anecdote
The station is at 50 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 23.544, and two underpasses allow passengers to go from one platform to the other. A connection links it to the Paris Grande Ceinture line. On 19 November 2011 the access to platform 2, on the south side of the station, was rebuilt with a staircase, at a cost of one million euros. Since 10 December 2023 the station has been served by tram line 12. The Île-de-France Ceinture verte long-distance footpath passes through the station, and an unmarked path of about 10 kilometres circles the commune from the station.
Around Épinay-sur-Orge
- Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Garde (Longpont-sur-Orge), 4800 m away — A former Cluniac priory and Marian pilgrimage site at Longpont, a neighbour of Épinay.