Port-Royal: station history
Served by: RER B.
Did you know?
An RER line B station, built in 1895 by the Compagnie du Paris-Orléans when the Sceaux line was extended from Denfert-Rochereau to Luxembourg. It is the first station on the line to be "set astride the tracks", thanks to a metal footbridge, for lack of space. The building has kept its original appearance, with platforms protected by glazed canopies, and the platform ends have been adapted to receive longer trains. It lies close to the former abbey of Port-Royal de Paris, and its exit opens onto boulevard de Port-Royal.
Anecdote
In 1944, a clandestine reserve of 550 rails stored at the station made it possible to restore the tracks after the bombing of Massy-Palaiseau. In 2023, excavations ahead of a new exit uncovered an ancient necropolis of the 2nd century, a site already known to archaeologists but inaccessible since the Haussmann works. The station belongs to RATP and is served by buses 38, 83 and 91 and, at night, by several Noctilien lines.
Around Port-Royal
- Val-de-Grâce, 350 m away — A 17th-century Baroque dome built by Anne of Austria in thanks for the birth of Louis XIV.