Saint-Chéron: station history
Served by: RER C.
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An Essonne station belonging to SNCF and served by the C4 branch of RER C, at 76 metres altitude, at kilometre point 46.477 of the Brétigny to Vendôme line, between Breuillet-Village and Sermaise. The line was doubled in 1901, electrified in 1924 at 1,500 volts but only on the Brétigny - Dourdan section, and that section was integrated into RER line C in 1979. The station has a platform for Paris and a platform for Dourdan, and is served by bus lines 68.06 and 68.08 of the Cœur d'Essonne network.
Anecdote
According to legend, the commune owes its name to a Roman, Caronus, later Chéron, who is said to have converted to Christianity and preached in Gaul. The château de Baville, built from 1625 to 1629 on the Lamoignon estate in Louis XIII style, is a listed historic monument; Boileau is said to have composed several of his works there. Between 1900 and 1914, the Madagascar sandstone quarry employed more than 450 workers, who shaped paving stones among other things. The painter Armand Guillaumin made a painting there, Bord de l'Orge à Saint-Chéron.
Around Saint-Chéron
- Château du Marais (Le Val-Saint-Germain), 7500 m away — An 18th-century château and its park, in the neighbouring commune of Le Val-Saint-Germain.