Le Raincy-Villemomble-Montfermeil: station history
Served by: RER E.
Did you know?
The Compagnie de l'Est first built a "Est" type 11 building here, with a large transverse gable and two low wings. In the early twentieth century a new station was built on a viaduct, with Beaux-Arts style arcades decorated in stone, which shelter corridors, a waiting room and ticket offices. Stairs lead to two island platforms serving four tracks. It is almost identical to Gagny.
Anecdote
The station was the terminus of two tramways: Le Raincy – Montfermeil, opened in 1890 and the last of the old STCRP tramways, closed in 1938 (line 112), and line 6 des Nogentais (118), from place de la République. It stands at PK 12.980, 64 metres above sea level, with four entrances. Since 1999 it has been served by branch E2 of RER E, stopping at every station.
Around Le Raincy-Villemomble-Montfermeil
- Église Notre-Dame du Raincy, 300 m away — The first religious building made entirely of reinforced concrete, built by Auguste Perret in 1923, nicknamed the 'Sainte-Chapelle of concrete'.