Issy-Val de Seine: station history
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
A station in Issy-les-Moulineaux put into service in 1902 under the name Issy-Plaine, at the junction with the Invalides line, by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest; it now belongs to the SNCF. It stands on an embankment, at about 40 metres above sea level, and its present passenger building dates from 1979. It took the name Issy-Val de Seine when tram line T2 came into service and serves the Val de Seine business district. A second entrance, opened at the end of 2020, opens onto the Forum Seine district, in addition to the main entrance on place Lafayette.
Anecdote
In 1889 the Moulineaux-Billancourt station opened on the Moulineaux line, and the commune of Issy asked in vain for an additional halt: to refuse, the Compagnie de l'Ouest cited among other things a difference in level of about three metres between the two lines. In 1913 a wooden footbridge linked the Moulineaux line to the Invalides line. Until 1933, long-distance steam trains leaving Invalides for Granville passed through the halt. After the closure of the Auteuil line in 1985, the Moulineaux line became the last Île-de-France line powered by a third rail; from 1993 to 1997 the station was redeveloped to become the terminus of T2.
Around Issy-Val de Seine
- Parc de l'île Saint-Germain, 650 m away — A park laid out on an island in the Seine, with contemporary sculptures.
- Musée français de la Carte à jouer, 1200 m away — A museum devoted to the history of playing cards.