Versailles-Chantiers: station history
Served by: RER C, Transilien N, U and V.
Did you know?
A station in Versailles, in the Chantiers district, at 132 metres above sea level, a junction station at the centre of a seven-branch railway star. The building inaugurated in 1932, in Art Deco style, differs from the more imposing project that the architect André Ventre had first designed as early as 1923, with a facade recalling the Grand Trianon. Its convex facade follows the classical tradition, with arched bays, pilasters and a cornice; the whole is in reinforced concrete clad in Ladoix stone and engraved panels of pink Corrigny stone.
Anecdote
The name comes from the Chantiers district and street, where there used to be many firewood yards. In October 1896 Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra passed through the station, welcomed by President Félix Faure. The 1932 press called it "the most modern and boldest of all the great stations of France". The facades, roofs, platforms, clock, concourse, passenger hall and gallery are listed as historic monuments.
Around Versailles-Chantiers
- Jardins de Versailles, 1050 m away — André Le Nôtre's masterpiece, with its flowerbeds, fountains and groves across 800 hectares.