Vanves-Malakoff: station history
Served by: Transilien N.
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A station in the Hauts-de-Seine opened after the line between Paris-Montparnasse and Versailles-Rive-Gauche came into service in 1840, on the Paris-Montparnasse to Brest line, served by Transilien line N. Its station building dates from 1934 and is listed in the survey of 20th-century railway architectural heritage. It is at kilometre point 3.665, at 72 metres above sea level, in the territory of Vanves, close to Malakoff, and separated from Paris-Montparnasse by the former, closed Ouest-Ceinture station.
Anecdote
It has a central platform and two side platforms flanking four tracks, linked by an underpass, with induction loops and real-time information. The SNCF installed there, as a test, platform screens with vertical opening, a first on a heavy rail system. At Malakoff also stands the fort de Vanves, one of the sixteen detached forts of the Thiers wall, where the production of the first French medical thermometers was launched in 1916.
Around Vanves-Malakoff
- Lycée Michelet, 850 m away — The former Château de Vanves, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1698, listed as a historic monument in 1986.
- Église Saint-Rémy, 750 m away — A church listed as a historic monument, whose bell tower was rebuilt in 1871-1874 and whose Kern organ is renowned.
- Marché aux puces de la Porte de Vanves, 1100 m away — A famous flea market held every weekend along the Avenues Georges-Lafenestre and Marc-Sangnier.