Groslay: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
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A Val-d'Oise station 13 kilometres from Paris-Nord, at kilometre point 13.052, the second stop on the line after Deuil - Montmagny and before Sarcelles - Saint-Brice. It was opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord on the Épinay to Persan-Beaumont line via Montsoult, opened in 1877, the Montsoult to Luzarches branch dating from 1880. Its building follows a Compagnie du Nord type: a low wing on the right, of four bays, lengthened later.
Anecdote
In Groslay, the church of Saint-Martin, a listed monument since 1929, holds six Renaissance stained-glass windows, including the Tree of Jesse, and a Nativity painting attributed to Hieronymus Francken I. The village is mentioned as early as 862, and in the Middle Ages its inhabitants obtained a tax exemption to sell their cherries at the Saint-Denis market. During the Revolution all the bells but one were melted down; the altar of 1984 rests on a Corinthian capital from the Tuileries palace.
Around Groslay
- Église Saint-Martin, 600 m away — A 13th-century Gothic nave and aisle, with six Renaissance windows listed since 1897.