Roissy-en-Brie: station history
Served by: RER E.
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A Seine-et-Marne station opened on 9 February 1857 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, when the Nogent - Le Perreux to Nangis section opened. This section had only one track at first; the second was put into service on 23 April 1857. The station is at 109 m altitude, at PK 29.880 of the Paris-Est to Mulhouse-Ville line, between Émerainville - Pontault-Combault and Ozoir-la-Ferrière. On 14 December 2003, the line was detached from its historic network linked to Paris-Est station and attached to RER line E, towards Haussmann - Saint-Lazare.
Anecdote
The extension of line E from Villiers-sur-Marne to Tournan was written into the 2000 Île-de-France State-region plan contract, and the preliminary design was approved on 14 February 2002 by the board of the STIF. On that occasion the platforms were raised from 0.55 m to 0.92 m and real-time information screens installed. An extension of the Epamarne perimeter later included the commune: the station now serves the Marne-la-Vallée new town. It is also served by Sit'bus lines and by the Noctilien N142.
Around Roissy-en-Brie
- Château de Roissy, 650 m away — A 17th-century Louis XIII-style château with a Second Empire glass gallery at the entrance and a park (rose garden, maze, belvedere).
- Église Saint-Germain d'Auxerre, 300 m away — The parish church of Roissy-en-Brie, dedicated to Saint Germanus of Auxerre.