Montreuil (Versailles): station history
Served by: Transilien L.
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A station in Versailles, in the Montreuil district, opened by the État railway administration: the halt opened to the public on 15 May 1931 and the new station was inaugurated on 18 December 1985. The Paris to Versailles-Rive-Droite line opened in August 1839, when the district was still marshy. In the late nineteenth century, residents asked for a halt; the Compagnie de l'Ouest refused in 1896, then in 1904. In 1923 the request finally succeeded. It is served by Transilien line L.
Anecdote
In 1896, the Compagnie de l'Ouest justified its refusal by the low commercial interest, the population being mostly market gardeners and laundresses who rarely travelled. It also estimated that an extra stop would lengthen the journey by three minutes and that no interested party offered to fund the works. The first building, of 17 m², stood on the bridge of rue de la Bonne-Aventure; the 1984 one covers 310 m², in raw concrete and brick. The station is in a cutting, 122 metres above sea level, the fourteenth stop on the line.
Around Montreuil (Versailles)
- Domaine de Madame Élisabeth, 400 m away — The former home of Louis XVI's younger sister, built on an old fortress, with its orangery.