Sartrouville: station history
Served by: RER A, Transilien L.
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A station in the Yvelines, at 35 metres above sea level, served by RER line A and Transilien line L. The halt was opened in 1892 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest and was then served by twenty-one trains a day; the mayor of the time, Louis Foulon, was director of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. The first building, made of wood, was replaced in 1914 by a brick building whose entrance has three arcades and a gable decorated with a clock.
Anecdote
In 1976 the upper floors were removed and the four platforms were remodelled for the RER; in 1994 a larger building was built that incorporates the remains of the 1914 one. It is a junction station, at the double kilometre point 15.521 / 33.547, the theoretical terminus of the line from Nanterre-Université to Sartrouville. It is expected to become the western terminus of tram line T11 in 2033.
Around Sartrouville
- Église Saint-Martin, 1700 m away — A Romanesque gem whose foundation is said to date from 1009, listed as a historic monument in 1933; it is the town's only listed historic monument.