Garches-Marnes-la-Coquette: station history
Served by: Transilien L.
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A station in the Hauts-de-Seine on the Saint-Cloud to Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche line, inaugurated on 5 May 1884 by the Compagnie de l'Ouest. It lies almost entirely in Marnes-la-Coquette and Saint-Cloud: only the building and the tracks facing it belong to Garches. Its building follows the model of the third-class stations of the Grande Ceinture, designed by the engineer Luneau.
Anecdote
On the day of the inauguration, the mayor of Garches, Louis Noret, gave a speech from the steps of the town hall, then went to the station with a procession led by a brass band. In 1888 the municipal council of Marnes-la-Coquette asked for the station to be called « Garches - Marnes »; the railway advisory committee refused, as the commune then had few inhabitants. The station was renamed « Garches - Marnes-la-Coquette » in October 1907, after the commune paid the two hundred francs requested by the Compagnie de l'Ouest.
Around Garches-Marnes-la-Coquette
- Hospice Brézin, 1000 m away — A former hospice in Garches, protected as a historic monument.