Gros Noyer-Saint-Prix: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
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A Val-d'Oise station opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord and now run by the SNCF, served by Transilien line H. It stands on the Paris to Lille line that ran through the Montmorency valley and opened on 20 June 1846. At peak times a train runs every fifteen minutes towards Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and towards Persan - Beaumont.
Anecdote
Electrification reached the line in stages: in 1963 towards Brussels and Crépy-en-Valois, then in 1969, with electric traction and automatic block signalling, between Paris and Pontoise and then as far as Creil. This modernisation was meant to absorb rising ridership and to replace the 141 TC steam locomotives, still in service towards the end of 1970. In the evening trains towards the suburbs run until 11:30 pm and those towards Paris until 10:35 pm.
Around Gros Noyer-Saint-Prix
- Église Saint-Prix, 1450 m away — The old village church, listed in 1926, which holds the relics of Saint Prix, a bishop killed in 674.
- Château de la Chasse, 2800 m away — A former fortified house in the forêt de Montmorency, listed in 1933, where Louis XI came hunting.