Saint-Martin-d'Étampes: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A station in the Essonne located in the Saint-Martin district of Étampes, on the Étampes to Beaune-la-Rolande line, between the stations of Étampes and Boissy-la-Rivière. It was inaugurated when the line opened, by an inaugural train that left Étampes station around 2 p.m. and reached Pithiviers at 3.30 p.m., and was first laid out as "a simple halt". The Étampes–Pithiviers line was closed in 1969, but the station was kept as a terminus for suburban trains, to avoid a crossing of the Paris–Orléans line at Étampes station.
Anecdote
It is the last station still in service on this line; beyond the "stop" sign (kilometre point 57.919) the line is closed. The section between the station and this sign is used to turn some RER C trains round at peak times. For this, only a short section of the single-track line had to be electrified. Standing at 81 metres above sea level, it is the C6 terminus, the southernmost of the Île-de-France RER C, and several bus lines of the Essonne Sud Ouest network (4403, 4405, 4406, 4407 and 4410) serve it.
Around Saint-Martin-d'Étampes
- Église Saint-Martin d'Étampes, 900 m away — A church famous for its leaning bell tower.
- Tour de Guinette, 1050 m away — Étampes' medieval keep, with a quatrefoil plan.