Lizy-sur-Ourcq: station history
Served by: Transilien P.
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A station in Seine-et-Marne opened in 1894 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (precise date not given). Its station building follows the company's late type C model: a central block with one upper floor, two small wings and five doors opening onto the platform. Two rooms received passengers, one for first and second class, the other for third. Unlike the old type C, the central block is larger and the roof has no large gables.
Anecdote
In 1899, nine daily return trips linked Paris and Lizy-sur-Ourcq in about an hour and a half. During the First World War, in the retreat before the first Battle of the Marne, the French engineers blew up the Mary-sur-Marne bridge; after the victory, a provisional line between Lizy and Changis restored the link with the Paris to Strasbourg line. Today Transilien line P serves the station, with an underpass to change platforms.
Around Lizy-sur-Ourcq
- Château de la Trousse, 3500 m away — A château of the Marne valley seen on the Lizy – La Ferté-sous-Jouarre circuit.
- Église de Tancrou, 2800 m away — The church of the village of Tancrou, on the same circuit.
- Canal de l'Ourcq, 700 m away — Created by a decree of Napoleon on 19 May 1802, this 108.1-km canal brings the Ourcq's water to the Villette basin. Reserved for non-drinking uses since 1983, it also serves pleasure boating.