Franconville-Le Plessis-Bouchard: station history
Served by: RER C, Transilien H.
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A Val-d'Oise station on the first Paris-Lille line, opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord, north of Franconville and west of the Montmorency valley. It is served by Transilien line H and RER line C. The Vallée de Montmorency - Invalides branch of RER C, which linked Montigny - Beauchamp to Champ-de-Mars - Tour Eiffel with a stopping train every half hour and Z 8800 railcars, was later extended to Pontoise.
Anecdote
Franconville holds part of the buttes du Parisis, a wooded range of hills of about 465 hectares whose gypsum deposits make it one of the richest sites in Europe. The 120 hectares in Franconville were put under development in 1993, and the 240 wooded hectares are now freely open to the public. The station has a secure bike park on place de la République, beside the platform towards Pontoise.
Around Franconville-Le Plessis-Bouchard
- Église Notre-Dame-des-Noues, 1500 m away — A contemporary church in Franconville, noted for its architecture.