Les Essarts-le-Roi: station history
Served by: Transilien N.
Did you know?
A station in the Yvelines on Transilien line N, inaugurated in 1875. A first station had opened with the Versailles-Chantiers to Chartres section, at the place called l'Artoire, halfway between Les Essarts-le-Roi and Le Perray-en-Yvelines. It was moved to Le Perray at the request of the residents of that town. The station building and installations were renewed in 1981.
Anecdote
The station is 174 metres above sea level, at PK 37.679 of the Paris-Montparnasse to Brest line, between Coignières and Le Perray. It has a ticket office, a Transilien machine, two 230-metre side platforms, an underpass, a car and bicycle park, a real-time information system and induction loops for people with hearing difficulties.
Around Les Essarts-le-Roi
- Source de l'Yvette, 450 m away — The source of the river that crosses the Chevreuse valley, at the heart of a hiking loop.
- Sentier de l'Yvette, 1200 m away — A path following the Yvette to Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, through forests and villages.