Méry-sur-Oise: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
A Val-d'Oise station on the Paris to Lille line, opened on 20 June 1846 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord. The line first ran through the Montmorency valley before branching off at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône to follow the Oise valley; a more direct route, opened in 1859, made it lose its main role. The Ermont - Valmondois link, opened in 1876 as a single track, was doubled in 1889. The station building belongs to a particular type used by the Nord company, asymmetrical, with a high three-bay wing under a gabled roof and a low five-bay wing, a nearly vertical mansard roof having been added later.
Anecdote
The same building model can be found at Mériel, Deuil - Montmagny and Montsoult - Maffliers. Since the summer of 2012, a 1,000 m² garden has run along the platform towards Paris: it was laid out by young people on a reintegration programme. Inside the station grounds, a former mail van houses the Association mérysienne de modélisme ferroviaire, a model railway club. Electric traction and automatic block signalling came into service between Paris and Pontoise in 1969.
Around Méry-sur-Oise
- Château de Méry-sur-Oise, 1500 m away — A château protected as a historic monument, surrounded by a park visited by hikers.
- Église Saint-Denis, 1500 m away — The church of Méry-sur-Oise, protected as a historic monument.