Poissy: station history
Served by: RER A, Transilien J.
Did you know?
A station in the Yvelines opened in 1843 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Rouen, on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line. After the Paris to Le Pecq line opened in 1837, the question of extending it had arisen, and the town of Poissy lay on one of the proposed routes. The building was rebuilt in the 1870s, then demolished in 1987 to make way for the present station. The station stands at 27 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 25.833, between Achères - Grand-Cormier and Villennes-sur-Seine; the closed station of Poissy-Quai-Talbot sits between the first two.
Anecdote
It is the terminus of branch A5 of RER A. On the forecourt stand a bust of Georges Pompidou, sculpted by Gudmar Olovson, and a Wallace fountain. A consultation on redeveloping the station and its surroundings presented three scenarios, with estimated budgets of 13.5, 18 and 23.5 million euros. A new railway bridge 21 metres long and weighing 57 tonnes was installed over the D30.
Around Poissy
- Villa Savoye, 1300 m away — A manifesto of modern architecture built by Le Corbusier in 1931, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.