Vaires-Torcy: station history
Served by: Transilien P.
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A station in Seine-et-Marne whose Vaires halt was opened in 1898 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est. The commune of Vaires had long asked for a station; the company first refused, then accepted a halt following the financial efforts of the communes. In 1903 the halt took the names of Noisiel and Brou in addition to Vaires and Torcy. Before the extension of RER line A, it was the only station serving the neighbouring commune of Torcy, hence its name. The present station dates from 1933.
Anecdote
The 1933 building, in a modernist style with a concrete facade, uses traditional elements of the Est stations: half-hipped roofs, yellow and red brick, exposed timber frames. It served as the model for a miniature station in gauge 0 by the maker Jep. In October 1963 the sidings and marshalling tracks of Vaires served as the setting for the bombing scene of the film The Train, by John Frankenheimer. The station is in a cutting, at 42 metres above sea level, and TGVs pass through at 220 km/h.
Around Vaires-Torcy
- Stade nautique olympique de Vaires-sur-Marne, 1800 m away — A whitewater and flatwater course laid out on the leisure island, a 2024 Olympic venue.
- Île de loisirs de Vaires-Torcy, 1900 m away — A large nature and leisure area on the banks of the Marne.