Les Saules: station history
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
A station in Val-de-Marne opened in 1967 by the SNCF, on the Choisy-le-Roi to Massy - Verrières line, at kilometre point 11.721, 44 metres above sea level, between Choisy-le-Roi and Orly-Ville. It is in zone 4 and served by RER line C. A station building with a ticket office is open every day and access is by stairs.
Anecdote
A set of points at its northern exit, controlled by the "poste R d'Orly", is of interest to TGV trains using the Grande Ceinture. The station offers facilities and services for people with reduced mobility. Since 10 April 2021 it has been served by tram line 9, which replaced bus 183.
Around Les Saules
- Église Saint-Germain d'Orly, 700 m away — Orly's oldest building, a medieval church in the heart of Old Orly, restored over the centuries after the Hundred Years' War.
- Château Guérin, 850 m away — A 19th-century mansion where Georges Méliès stayed, Orly's former town hall (1949-1996), now an animation school.
- L'Oiseau-Pylône, 650 m away — A monumental 1986 sculpture by Olivier Agid that turns electricity pylons into a giant bird.