Houdan: station history
Served by: Transilien N.
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A station in the Yvelines opened on 15 June 1864 with the Saint-Cyr to Dreux section, served by Transilien line N. It stands at an altitude of 104 metres, at kilometre point 62.049, between Tacoignières - Richebourg and Marchezais - Broué. It is the last station of the Transilien Paris Rive-Gauche network on the Paris-Montparnasse to Dreux line within Île-de-France: it marks the limit of validity of the Île-de-France Mobilités fares.
Anecdote
The station has two side platforms of 239 and 260 metres usable, linked by an underpass, and freight ended there on 14 June 2007. The station building was closed for a complete renovation. Houdan is the centre of the pays houdanais, a small natural region on the border of the Yvelines and Eure-et-Loir, centred on the Vesgre valley, a tributary of the Eure. Rural, sparsely wooded and thinly populated, it is given over to large-scale cultivation of cereals and oilseed and protein crops.
Around Houdan
- Donjon de Houdan (tour Guinant), 900 m away — The medieval keep of the old fortress, the highlight of the town's historic trail.
- Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur et Saint-Christophe, 900 m away — A large medieval church on the Grande Rue, protected as a historic monument.