Vaux-sur-Seine: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
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A station in the Yvelines opened on 1 June 1892 with the section of the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Mantes-Station line via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on which it lies, at kilometre point 37.515, at 42 metres above sea level. It is operated by the SNCF and served by Transilien line J. The line was electrified throughout at 25 kV - 50 Hz on 27 March 1967; since 20 February 2019 services have been run by Z 50000 trains. Six bus lines serve it.
Anecdote
The station has served as a film set: in 1959 in Maigret et l'Affaire Saint-Fiacre, by Jean Delannoy, where it is made up as Moulins-sur-Allier station, then in 2021 in Attention au départ !, where it is made up as Beaune station. Above the church of Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens stands the château de Vaux, a stronghold already standing during the Hundred Years' War, bought in 1819 by Vincenzo Marochetti, father of the sculptor Carlo Marochetti, who received Rossini and Saint-Saëns there.
Around Vaux-sur-Seine
- Château de Vaux-sur-Seine, 1050 m away — The village château, seen on the 'Between two bridges' circuit.
- Église de Vaux-sur-Seine, 1200 m away — The village church, with the château on the same circuit.