Sarcelles-Saint-Brice: station history
Served by: RER D, Transilien H.
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A station in the Val-d'Oise located in the territory of Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, on the edge of Sarcelles, at kilometre point 14.700 of the Épinay to Persan - Beaumont line via Montsoult, at 71 metres above sea level. That line was opened in 1877 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord, and the branch from Montsoult to Luzarches in 1880. The station is the third stop on the line after Groslay, before Écouen - Ézanville. It stands at natural ground level.
Anecdote
Its station building belongs to a particular type erected by the Compagnie du Nord on the Épinay to Montsoult section: a low T-shaped wing whose gable covers the waiting room, and a tall wing three bays wide. The low wing, originally four bays long, was lengthened twice, and a garden still visible in 1955 disappeared in the process. The station has three free car parks of 20, 42 and 101 spaces.
Around Sarcelles-Saint-Brice
- Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Sarcelles, 1500 m away — Its south portal was paid for by Guy de Plessis, lord of Sarcelles from 1514.
- Église Saint-Brice de Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, 1700 m away — A 12th-century church in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt.