Sèvres-Rive-Gauche: station history
Served by: Transilien N.
Did you know?
A station in the Hauts-de-Seine opened with the line between Paris-Montparnasse and Versailles-Rive-Gauche. The original building was demolished and rebuilt between 1930 and 1935, in a functional Art Deco style, to plans by Urbain Cassan, and covered with small glazed stoneware tiles. This reconstruction is linked to the quadrupling of the tracks between Montparnasse and Versailles. The station has a central platform and two side platforms flanking four tracks, linked by an underpass.
Anecdote
The side platforms are used only in case of problems or works. The station underwent a complete restoration in 2019, intended to return it to its original state: the missing stoneware tiles were remade identically by the Almaviva workshop. The same year it was one of nine stations awarded the "Patrimoine d'intérêt régional" label by the Île-de-France region. It is operated by the SNCF.
Around Sèvres-Rive-Gauche
- Cité de la céramique, 1000 m away — The national ceramics museum and Sèvres manufactory, devoted to the history of porcelain.
- Maison des Jardies, 1100 m away — A 'Maison des Illustres' in Sèvres, the former country house of Balzac then Gambetta.
- Escaliers de Sèvres, 650 m away — Picturesque staircases linking the lower town to the heights of Sèvres.