Fontaine-le-Port: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
A Seine-et-Marne halt opened in 1897, with the opening of the Corbeil-Essonnes to Montereau line (kilometre point 69.935). It stands at an altitude of 49 metres and is served by Transilien line R stopping trains between Melun and Montereau. Its station building is now closed and an underpass leads to the platforms.
Anecdote
In 1901 a telegraph office was installed. In 1955 the station won the prize for the prettiest station in France; it then served as a stopping point for heads of state on official visits, before they were received by the President of the Republic at the Bois de Boulogne station. A 120-space car park was created in 1999 and its capacity doubled in 2007, when the former level-crossing keeper's house was demolished. The nearby road bridge over the Seine, opened in 1862, was destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1945.