Montsoult-Maffliers: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
A station in the Val-d'Oise opened in 1877, with the Épinay-Villetaneuse – Persan-Beaumont section via Montsoult, by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord; the Luzarches branch was inaugurated in 1880. The station is the head of this eleven-kilometre single-track branch. It is 24.4 km from Paris-Nord, 113 metres above sea level, in the plaine de France, in the commune of Montsoult; the south part of the tracks lies in Baillet-en-France, and the station also serves Maffliers, to the north.
Anecdote
The station building belongs to a type built by the Compagnie du Nord on the Épinay to Montsoult-Maffliers section and on the Ermont-Eaubonne to Valmondois line, with a low T-shaped wing and a tall wing three bays wide. It was later enlarged: an almost vertical mansard on the tall wing, the entrance moved to the centre of the bar of the "T", nine bays for the low wing. Unlike other stations of this type, the passenger entrance was not under the pediment on the street side.
Around Montsoult-Maffliers
- Église Saint-Sulpice de Montsoult, 1400 m away — Montsoult's church, protected as a historic monument, with a cross in front of its forecourt.
- Église de Maffliers, 1850 m away — Maffliers' church, protected as a historic monument.