Souppes-Château-Landon: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
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A halt in Seine-et-Marne served by Transilien line R, opened in 1860 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée when the Moret - Montargis section opened. It lies at kilometre point 96.847, at 69 metres above sea level, between Bagneaux-sur-Loing and Dordives. It has kept several original buildings: the station building, the goods shed and the level-crossing keeper's house of the former crossing. Traffic began with four stopping return trips a day.
Anecdote
In 1862 it was the station of the département that dispatched the greatest tonnage of goods, 6,321 tonnes. It became an exchange station with the metre-gauge line from Montereau to Château-Landon, and its sugar-beet activity was substantial in 1929. A siding serves the Ouvré sugar refinery, about a hundred metres from the station exit; in 1929 it was given four lines of rails so that wagons could reach the factory directly. In 2022 the ticket window closed and was replaced by a machine.
Around Souppes-Château-Landon
- Abbaye de Cercanceaux, 3500 m away — A former abbey listed as a historic monument, at Souppes-sur-Loing.
- Église Saint-Clair-Saint-Léger, 1500 m away — The church of Souppes-sur-Loing, protected as a historic monument.