Saint-Cloud: station history
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A Hauts-de-Seine station run by SNCF, on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Versailles-Rive-Droite line, at kilometre point 14.050 and 82 m altitude. The Paris to Versailles railway, created by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest, was inaugurated at Saint-Cloud in 1839. The old "Napoléon III" station stands about 130 m further south: rebuilt in 1893 and altered in 1963, it is now used as offices. The present station building was erected in 1976. The station sits halfway up the slope, between the Seine valley and the plateau, with two large escalators at the bottom and a steep staircase from the top.
Anecdote
It is a junction station, the origin of the line to Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche - Forêt-de-Marly. Until about 1930, a branch of about 400 m linked the station to the château de Saint-Cloud. The station was depicted by Édouard Dantan in an 1880 painting, held at the musée des Avelines. Works linked to the future extension of Grand Paris Express line 15 began in March 2023, with a connection planned around 2031.
Around Saint-Cloud
- Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, 750 m away — 460 hectares of listed gardens designed by André Le Nôtre, with a museum retracing the history of the now-vanished château.