Le Parc de Saint-Maur: station history
Served by: RER A.
Why this name?
A station in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés opened around 1859 with the Paris-Bastille to Marles-en-Brie line, the "ligne de Vincennes". The current RER station opened in 1969. Its name comes from a district of the town. It is on branch A2 of RER A, with two entrances: place de la Louvière and avenue De Lattre de Tassigny.
Anecdote
It is served by buses 107 and 317. Trains run towards Boissy-Saint-Léger on one side and, depending on the period, towards Cergy-le-Haut, Saint-Germain-en-Laye or Poissy on the other. In the past, half of the ten trains an hour terminated at La Varenne-Chennevières; since the service was reorganised, all run to Boissy-Saint-Léger.
Around Le Parc de Saint-Maur
- Église Saint-François-de-Sales, 1450 m away — A church whose luminosity strikes visitors as soon as they enter.
- Musée de Saint-Maur – Villa Médicis, 750 m away — A 15th-century residence saved from demolition in 1977 and turned into a museum in 1983; paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics and prints.