Mantes-la-Jolie: station history
Served by: Transilien J and N.
Did you know?
A station in the Yvelines opened on 9 May 1843, with the opening of the track between La Garenne-Colombes and Rouen. A junction station, it is the origin of the Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg line; the so-called Caen and Argenteuil junctions separate the two lines. It stands 35 metres above sea level, at PK 57.275 of the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line. It has four central platforms framed by eight tracks.
Anecdote
A closed halt, Ménerville, lies between the station and Bréval, on the line to Cherbourg. In July 2009, the State confirmed the extension of RER line E to the station, as part of the Grand Paris project. In July 2013, the STIF approved funding for studies of a dedicated public transport route linking the station, Val Fourré and the future eco-district. In 2009, Mantes-la-Jolie and Rosny-sur-Seine signed an agreement to develop this eco-district.
Around Mantes-la-Jolie
- Collégiale Notre-Dame, 260 m away — A Gothic collegiate church begun in the 1150s, listed in 1840, whose Merklin organ has been listed since 2016.
- Tour Saint-Maclou, 90 m away — A 16th-century tower, the last remnant of the medieval Saint-Maclou church.
- Hôtel-Dieu de Mantes, 190 m away — The former Hôtel-Dieu hospital facing the collegiate church.