Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry: station history
Served by: RER D.
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A Seine-et-Marne station opened in 1897, at the inauguration of the Corbeil to Melun and Montereau line, by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée. At opening it was called "station de Saint-Fargeau - Seine-Port". The station building stands on the banks of the Seine, in the old village of Saint-Fargeau, at 50 m altitude, at kilometre point 43.392; each platform has a semi-enclosed shelter and an underpass links the platforms. It is one of the five historic stations on the line between Corbeil and Melun, with Coudray-Montceaux, Ponthierry - Pringy, Villabé and Vosves.
Anecdote
Until the southern part of RER D opened in 1995, trains ran every day between Paris-Gare de Lyon and Melun, including in the evening and until after midnight. In 2005, evening and night trains were replaced by Noctilien coaches. In 2019 the station lost its direct access to Paris, and shuttles provide Melun - Corbeil-Essonnes links at peak times, and Melun - Juvisy via Ris-Orangis off-peak. The Z 5300 trains were withdrawn from the line, replaced by Z 57000 sets.
Around Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry
- Église Saint-Ferréol, 350 m away — It keeps an 18th-century tabernacle depicting the martyrdom of Saint Ferréol.