Sevran-Livry: station history
Served by: RER B.
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A station in Seine-Saint-Denis built in 1860 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord to serve Livry-Gargan, Villeparisis, Vaujours, Villepinte and Tremblay-lès-Gonesse. It encouraged local population growth, interrupted by the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, then revived by the building of the Poudrerie nationale (national powder works). From 1882 sidings were created, including a bridge over the canal de l'Ourcq. It stands north of the canal, at the western end of the parc de la Poudrerie.
Anecdote
The station has four tracks and three high platforms, two of them served by branch B5 of RER B. It has three ticket machines, five exits and an underpass with stairs and lifts. In 1902 the town wanted the future line to Rivecourt, in the Oise, to branch off at Sevran - Livry; the sub-prefecture of Pontoise rejected the project, which the First World War then interrupted.