Longueville: station history
Served by: Transilien P.
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A station in Seine-et-Marne opened in 1857, with the Noisy-le-Sec to Flamboin line (1855-1857), by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, which had taken over the Montereau to Troyes railway company. In 1848, the Montereau to Troyes line ran through Flamboin station. In the early 1880s, the Provins branch was extended to Esternay, and the Flamboin depot was saturated: the Compagnie de l'Est gradually moved its activities to Longueville.
Anecdote
The roundhouse, brought into service in 1911 on a model from the 1880s, was built as a single example although two had been planned. The SNCF closed the depot in 1967, at the end of steam traction; in 1971 the AJECTA moved into the roundhouse, which was entered on the supplementary inventory of historic monuments in 1984 and inaugurated after restoration on 19 June 2008. For the roundhouse's centenary, on 17 and 18 September 2011, eight steam locomotives were fired up at the same time.
Around Longueville
- Haute Ville de Provins, 6100 m away — A medieval town on the UNESCO World Heritage list, reachable on foot.