Verneuil-l'Étang: station history
Served by: Transilien P.
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A station in Seine-et-Marne opened with the Nogent – Le Perreux – Nangis section by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est, on a line created in 1856, now with the SNCF and in the Transilien network (line P) since 1999. It was called "Verneuil-Chaumes" in 1877, because of its closeness to Chaumes-en-Brie; on a 1911 timetable it bears the name Verneuil-l'Étang. The initial project of 1853, backed by the Provins town council, planned to serve Guignes, but the route was changed to pass through Verneuil. It is about 900 metres from the town centre.
Anecdote
Verneuil-l'Étang was a railway star with three lines, only one of which survives today: a secondary line from Paris-Bastille (the Vincennes line) was connected in 1893 or soon after and closed to passengers from 1947, and a tramway to Melun ran in the early twentieth century before closing to passenger traffic in 1934. In 1963 the film "Bébert et l'Omnibus" by Yves Robert was shot there, Pierre Mondy playing the stationmaster. Every Tuesday, "freshness baskets" of fruit and vegetables are offered in the station.