Epône-Mézières: station history
Served by: Transilien J and N.
Did you know?
A station in the Yvelines operated by the SNCF, inaugurated at the same time as the Paris to Rouen line. It is a junction station, the end of the Plaisir - Grignon to Épône - Mézières line. It has four tracks and three platforms: two slow tracks flank a central platform, and two fast tracks are served by the outer platforms. A raised footbridge, replacing a former level crossing, links the platforms. The passenger building, destroyed during the Second World War, was rebuilt after the war.
Anecdote
A single-track, metre-gauge tramway linking Épône to Mareil-sur-Mauldre had the station as its terminus. The Épône connection, a little over a kilometre and a half to the east, is heavily used by freight: it lets trains coming from Achères reach Trappes without reversing at Épône - Mézières. The side yard was turned into a car park in the 1960s, and a technical building of the 1990s houses the remote control of the track switches. In 2011 the renovation of the footbridge was begun, for about 0.75 million euros shared equally between the STIF and the Île-de-France region.
Around Epône-Mézières
- Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus d'Élisabethville, 2100 m away — A 1928 reinforced-concrete church with integrated sculptures, by Paul Tournon and Carlo Sarrabezolles.
- Élisabethville, 2000 m away — A former holiday resort now a residential district, straddling Épône and Aubergenville.