Taverny: station history
Served by: Transilien H.
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A station in the Val-d'Oise served by Transilien line H, on the branch from Ermont-Eaubonne to Valmondois, opened in 1876 as a single track and doubled in 1889 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord. Originally the building was austere and functional: a narrow low wing of four bays and an upper-floor staff residence. In the 1920s it was rebuilt with a wider low wing, with a large concourse topped by a clock tower, and a half-timbered facade.
Anecdote
The station is linked to several bus lines and, at night, by the Noctilien N148. In the town, the church of Notre-Dame de Taverny, built between 1200 and 1240 under Mathieu II de Montmorency, is a Gothic building listed as a historic monument in 1846. It served as a Temple of Reason in 1793-1794, and an architectural historian wrote: "at Notre-Dame de Paris everything is sad; at Notre-Dame de Taverny everything is joyful".
Around Taverny
- Église Notre-Dame de Taverny, 1050 m away — A 13th-century church whose Renaissance high-altar retable, attributed to Jean Goujon, was donated around 1552 by Constable Anne de Montmorency.