Nangis: station history
Served by: Transilien P.
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A Seine-et-Marne station opened on 9 February 1857 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, with the section of the Paris to Mulhouse line running from Nogent - Le Perreux to Nangis. The section was single-track at first; the second track opened on 23 April, and the next section as far as Flamboin on 25 April 1857. The station lies at kilometre point 69.330, at an altitude of 125 m, and a level crossing marks the end of the platforms. In 1853, several municipal councils had backed the line towards Mulhouse; Nangis obtained its service from the State, though not without difficulty.
Anecdote
On 25 July 1859, Napoleon III's train, travelling to inaugurate the line, made a one-minute stop at Nangis, a favour to which a letter sent by the town six years earlier is said to have contributed. A drawing by J.J. Pichard, made in 1939, shows a little girl offering a bouquet to the emperor. In 1912, a crowd gathered on the platforms for the unveiling of a monument to the memory of the aviator Captain Camine. A tramway linked Jouy-le-Châtel to Nangis from 1902, extended to Bray-sur-Seine in 1904 and closed in 1965.
Around Nangis
- Église Saint-Martin-Saint-Magne, 500 m away — A 13th-century church whose great organ dates from 1912.