Saint-Maur-Créteil: station history
Served by: RER A.
Did you know?
A Val-de-Marne station opened on 22 September 1859 under the name "Saint-Maur Port Créteil", when the "Paris-Vincennes-La Varenne" line opened, by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. The original building was rendered brick, on three levels, under a long-sided roof with a covered gable. The station was demolished around 1964, during works to rebuild the line for its integration into the RER, and became an RATP RER station in 1969, the date the present station opened. Its name combines those of the communes of Saint-Maur and Créteil, and that of the "Saint-Maur - Créteil" district of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
Anecdote
The station is at 39 metres altitude, at PK 12.307, on the A2 branch to Boissy-Saint-Léger of RER line A, with two platforms and an underground car park of 411 spaces. The future Grand Paris Express line 15 station, designed by Nicolas Michelin's agency ANMA, will be the deepest on the section, at 52.6 m below natural ground, because of unstable clay layers. Its opening was delayed by about a year, notably by the demolition of a building containing asbestos and of an underground car park that supported the RER station.
Around Saint-Maur-Créteil
- Église Saint-Nicolas, 1850 m away — Church of the Vieux-Saint-Maur district, recently renovated.