Tournan: station history
Served by: RER E, Transilien P.
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A station in Seine-et-Marne opened in 1861 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, on the Gretz-Armainvilliers to Sézanne line. Located at 103 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 40.764, between Gretz-Armainvilliers and Marles-en-Brie, about 35 kilometres from Paris, it is the terminus of branch E4 of RER E and the first stop of line P on the Paris - Coulommiers section. Its historic station building is still in service.
Anecdote
The extension of RER E from Villiers-sur-Marne to Tournan was included in the Île-de-France State-Region plan of 2000. The line was detached from its historic network linked to Paris-Est and attached to RER E. The platforms were raised from 0.55 metre to 0.92 metre to ease access to the trains. An underpass or footbridge allows passengers to change platforms, and car parks are laid out north and south of the tracks.
Around Tournan
- Église Saint-Denis, 950 m away — A church rebuilt in the 1950s to replace the 12th-century one destroyed by bombing.
- Hôtel de ville (château de Garlande), 900 m away — Housed in the former Château de Garlande, Tournan's town hall is protected as a historic monument.
- Lavoir des Remparts, 1000 m away — An 18th-century public wash-house on rue Marcel-Micheau, formerly rue du Four-à-Ban.