Maisons-Alfort-Alfortville: station history
Served by: RER D.
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A station on the Paris-Lyon to Marseille-Saint-Charles line, opened with the line (date not given in the source). The first building, facing the station square, in rubble stone covered with roughcast and a clock under a pediment, resembles the PL company's standard third-class buildings. A second building, on the Alfortville side, was added around 1900. Between 2016 and 2018, both buildings were renovated and enlarged, with a glazed extension.
Anecdote
The station was first called "Maisons-Alfort". In 1885, Maisons-Alfort lost part of its territory, which became the commune of Alfortville, and in 1914 the station officially took the name "Maisons-Alfort/Alfortville". It has six tracks and four platforms, between two station buildings on either side of the tracks, and three underpasses. After the closure of the Bercy-Ceinture and Charenton stations, it became the first stop after the start of the line. A period photograph shows it after the Seine flood of 1910.
Around Maisons-Alfort-Alfortville
- Musée Fragonard, 650 m away — One of France's oldest museums, founded in 1766: Honoré Fragonard's écorchés, including a rider on his horse.
- École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, 750 m away — The world's second veterinary school, after Lyon, open to the public during Heritage Days.
- Fort de Charenton, 1200 m away — A fort built from 1841 to 1845, since 1959 home to the command of the Gendarmerie nationale's schools.