Trie-Château: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
Did you know?
A station in the Oise served by Transilien line J, at 69 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 65.654 of the Saint-Denis to Dieppe line, between Gisors and Chaumont-en-Vexin. Service is one train every two hours off-peak and one train every hour at peak times. The name of the town is attested as Tretum in the 11th century and Tria in the 12th, and is thought to come from the Gallo-Roman TRAIECTU, "ford, water crossing", the Roman road crossing the Troesne here.
Anecdote
In 1250, during the Seventh Crusade, Jacques de Trie bought 120 arpents of woodland in the name of Saint Louis to pay the king's ransom. The château de Trie, listed as a historic monument, was placed at the disposal of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1767; it was bought in 1857 by Joseph-Arthur de Gobineau. The church of Sainte-Madeleine, a classified monument, has a Romanesque narthex of about 1160 with very rich decoration, often compared to Beauvais cathedral. Gabrielle d'Estrées stayed there several times.
Around Trie-Château
- Château de Trie, 1100 m away — The château of the Counts of Chaumont, the Longuevilles and the Contis.
- Dolmen des Trois-Pierres, 1400 m away — A megalith at Trie-Château, on the Chaumont-en-Vexin – Gisors route.