Le Bras de Fer-Évry Génopole: station history
Served by: RER D.
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A station in the Essonne opened in 1975 and run by the SNCF, on RER line D. It is entirely underground and is one of the four stations of the Évry plateau line. It lies at kilometre point 8.700 of the Grigny to Corbeil-Essonnes line, between Évry-Courcouronnes and Corbeil-Essonnes.
Anecdote
At its southern end, the track climbs before the Corbeil viaduct, which crosses the Francilienne motorway. The station serves the Génopole laboratories, the Snecma offices in Évry, Télécom SudParis, Télécom École de management and the Centre hospitalier sud francilien. The origin of the name "Le Bras de Fer" is not explained in the source.
Around Le Bras de Fer-Évry Génopole
- Cathédrale de la Résurrection Saint-Corbinien, 1050 m away — A cathedral by Mario Botta (1992–1995), dedicated to Saint Corbinian, with an octagonal Chapel of the Day.