Le Stade: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
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A station in Colombes opened in 1924, for the Paris Summer Olympic Games, and inaugurated at the start of the Olympic rugby tournament. The request to open it was addressed in 1923 to the État railway administration. It serves the Colombes Olympic stadium, now stade Yves-du-Manoir. The SNCF runs it, with Transilien line J.
Anecdote
In 1923, the Games organising committee estimated that the site would attract nearly 60,000 spectators a day, at least a third by train. At the opening, a special ticket cost five francs, and the sale of ordinary tickets to Colombes or Argenteuil was suspended from noon to 3 p.m. On the section as far as Bois-Colombes, automatic luminous block signalling was installed for the first time in France.
Around Le Stade
- Stade Yves-du-Manoir, 700 m away — The 1924 Olympic stadium by Louis Faure-Dujarric, long France's 'Grand Stade', renovated for 2024.
- Parc Pierre-Lagravère, 1600 m away — An 11-hectare riverside park, the former Moulin-Joly estate.