Le Chénay-Gagny: station history
Served by: RER E.
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A station in Gagny, in Seine-Saint-Denis, on the Paris-Est to Strasbourg-Ville line, at kilometre point 16.260, between Gagny and Chelles - Gournay. It became an RER line E station in 1999. The station building has a ticket office open every day, and a footbridge gives access to the platforms. It stands 58 metres above sea level, with two entrances: place Tavarnelle and rue du Chemin de Fer.
Anecdote
The name comes from a former owner of the estate, whose name evolved: Canus or Kanus, then Chenay and Chesnay, and finally Chénay. The neighbourhood still bears the same name. The station is accessible to people with reduced mobility, with lifts, an adapted ticket counter and tactile strips on the platforms. It also has a bicycle park, a car park of 100 to 200 spaces, and buses 214, 221, 643 and 701, plus night line N23.
Around Le Chénay-Gagny
- Église Saint-Germain, 1500 m away — It preserves a patriotic fresco of 1920 by Maurice Denis.