Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche - Forêt de Marly: station history
Served by: Transilien L.
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A station in the Yvelines opened on a trial basis in 1889, at the second connection to the Grande Ceinture line, at 129 m altitude. The building between the two lines is said to be a former level-crossing keeper's house, similar to that of the Bailly halt, enlarged several times. At first a simple halt, the station became a terminus in 1894, with two platforms flanking the tracks but no stabling track. It is a junction station, at PK 29.913 of the Saint-Cloud to Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche - Forêt-de-Marly line and at PK 13.420 of the Grande Ceinture, one of the termini of line L, with a central platform between two tracks.
Anecdote
Formerly, the Route-Rusée connection, now declassified, let trains from Paris-Saint-Lazare reach Versailles-Chantiers without reversing at Saint-Nom. The western Grande Ceinture line was run from 2004 to 2019 as a branch of line L, then since 6 July 2022 the T13 tram-train has served the Grande Ceinture tracks, with two lifts to its platforms. A cleaning train runs on the Jouet d'eau connection: when it crosses a suburban train, passengers step down between the closed barriers of the level crossing.
Around Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche - Forêt de Marly
- Forêt de Marly, 600 m away — A royal forest marked by Louis XIV, with many paths starting at the station.
- Croix Saint-Michel, 1200 m away — A cross standing on the site of the former Chevaudeau abbey, in the forest.