Montereau: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
Did you know?
A station in Seine-et-Marne opened in 1849 by the State, as part of the Paris to Tonnerre section, then handed back in 1852 to the Paris to Lyon railway company; it passed to the PLM in 1857, until 1938, then to the SNCF. Its station building is the work of the architect François-Alexis Cendrier, who built many other PLM stations. It is a rail junction, on three lines: Paris-Lyon to Marseille-Saint-Charles, Corbeil-Essonnes to Montereau and Flamboin-Gouaix to Montereau, the latter freight-only.
Anecdote
It is the terminus of Transilien line R from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon and Melun, and the last line R station in Île-de-France: beyond, Île-de-France fares no longer apply to trains continuing to Laroche-Migennes. In 1866, a single fare Paris-Montereau cost 8.85 F in first class, 6.65 F in second and 4.85 F in third. In 2001 the station became a "Transilien station". A redevelopment project, financed to the tune of 21.7 million euros, includes an underpass with four lifts and an enlargement of the car park to 900 spaces.
Around Montereau
- Collégiale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Loup, 180 m away — A collegiate church built for a chapter of nine canons founded in 1195, listed in 1908, whose first building dates from the 12th century.