Persan-Beaumont: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
A Val-d'Oise station opened in 1846 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord, on the Paris to Lille line. The present building is the third built on the site: the first, destroyed by the bombing of August 1944, was replaced in 1955 by a building judged unsuitable, then the present one was built during the electrification of the Paris - Beauvais line. It is a rail hub and junction station, at 29 metres altitude, and the last Île-de-France station before the Hauts-de-France: Île-de-France Mobilités fares are no longer valid beyond it on TER trains.
Anecdote
A locomotive depot was set up at the station as early as 1917, with 35 engines; it worked with the Joncherolles depot, in Villetaneuse, for the Gare du Nord suburban service. Steam ended in Île-de-France on 12 May 1970; the old installations were demolished and replaced by a car park, and the site remains a satellite site of the Technicentre de Paris-Nord. A metre-gauge line linked the station to Hermes, in the Oise; partly closed in 1949, it was closed as far as Ercuis in 1958.
Around Persan-Beaumont
- Église Saint-Laurent de Beaumont-sur-Oise, 850 m away — A Gothic church in Beaumont-sur-Oise, photographed from the late 19th century for the monuments inventory.