Jouy-en-Josas: station history
Served by: Transilien V.
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A station in the Yvelines created when the Versailles-Chantiers to Savigny-sur-Orge section of the Grande Ceinture line opened to passengers. It is now served by Transilien line V. Its station building follows the standard model of the third-class stations of the Grande Ceinture, whose plan was designed by Luneau, an engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées, and which was also used for Mareil-Marly station.
Anecdote
The original platform shelter, on the platform opposite the station building, has been preserved; it has a canopy of similar size to that of the main building. When passenger traffic ended on the northern section of the Grande Ceinture, between Versailles-Chantiers and Juvisy, the station stayed open, because traffic continued on the southern section, between Juvisy and Versailles via Massy-Palaiseau. Several bus lines of the Vélizy Vallées network serve it.
Around Jouy-en-Josas
- Église Saint-Martin de Jouy-en-Josas, 400 m away — A medieval church listed as a historic monument, whose bell tower is a landmark of the town.
- Maison Léon Blum, 1000 m away — A 'Maison des Illustres' where Léon Blum's study and library have been kept exactly as they were, with a presentation of his political and literary life.