Le Val d'Or: station history
Served by: Transilien L.
Did you know?
A station in Saint-Cloud, in the Hauts-de-Seine, served by Transilien line L since 2016, after being served by line U. A halt was put into service in 1903 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, under the name "halte du champ de courses de Saint-Cloud", to serve the racecourse on the plaine de Fouilleuse, which was hard to reach. When it opened it was served only on race days. In 1911 the Administration des chemins de fer de l'État turned it into a passenger station and renamed it "gare du Val d'Or".
Anecdote
"Val d'Or" originally designated the path linking the Saint-Cloud racecourse to a boat landing on the Seine, and the name recalls a "rich and fertile valley" between Saint-Cloud and Suresnes; it is attested in various forms, including Vaudor in 1606. From 1918 to about 1959 a 2,500-metre branch, the "ligne des docks", linked the station to military facilities, notably the Puteaux arsenal and its Rueil factory. In 1911 the Saint-Cloud town council asked for the station to be renamed "Saint-Cloud - Val-d'Or", without being followed. A book box, funded by a Lions club, is installed near the footbridge.
Around Le Val d'Or
- Cité-jardin de Suresnes, 1800 m away — An inter-war social housing estate created around Mayor Henri Sellier.
- Cimetière américain de Suresnes, 950 m away — An American military cemetery on the slope of Mont-Valérien facing Paris.