Montargis: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
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A station in the Loiret opened with the Moret to Montargis line, run by the PLM company, the first section of the Paris to Lyon line via the Bourbonnais. The bibliographic reference cites 14 August 1860. The line first stopped at Châlette-sur-Loing, in a provisional terminus station north of Montargis and separated from the town by the Loing, because it was difficult to place a station in this fortified town. The definitive station was built in 1863, slightly further south.
Anecdote
The provisional station had a station building and a wooden buffet, while the goods hall and depot were in masonry; the depot had a sixteen-sided roundhouse, planned for 24 engines. The line at first had a single track, with four stopping trains in each direction a day, one of them at night; the second track was operational in November 1862. The town council annexed the station district. It was photographed by Auguste Hippolyte Collard in July 1861. Today it is a terminus of Transilien line R.
Around Montargis
- Musée Girodet, 400 m away — A museum devoted to Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, the painter born in Montargis in 1767, housed in a former neoclassical town hall.
- Église Sainte-Madeleine, 650 m away — A church listed in 1909, with 34 Lobin stained-glass windows and the only window in France showing converted Japanese.