Issou-Porcheville: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
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A station in the Yvelines located in the territory of the commune of Issou, close to Porcheville, at kilometre point 51.321 of the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Mantes-Station line, at 39 metres above sea level. This section of the line opened on 1 June 1892. On 27 March 1967 the line was electrified throughout at 25 kV - 50 Hz. Today an SNCF station, it is served by Transilien line J and by several lines of the Mantois bus network.
Anecdote
Since 2004 the service between Paris-Saint-Lazare and Mantes-la-Jolie has been provided by Transilien J, and since 20 February 2019 services have been run by Z 50000 train sets. The tracks are crossed at the station by a level crossing, which can be seen in photographs of the station building.
Around Issou-Porcheville
- Église Saint-Martin d'Issou, 1000 m away — A 12th-century millstone-grit church, reworked in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- Château d'Issou, 1350 m away — A château renovated in 1903 in 18th-century style, with an 11-hectare park listed since 1974; a filming location for Camille Claudel.
- Église Saint-Séverin-et-Saint-Fiacre de Porcheville, 2300 m away — A 13th-century church with a square buttressed bell tower.