Vigneux-sur-Seine: station history
Served by: RER D.
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A station in the Essonne operated by the SNCF and served by RER line D, at kilometre point 17.832 of the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges to Montargis line, at 40 metres above sea level, between Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and Juvisy, about 18 kilometres from Paris-Gare-de-Lyon. Its present station building, in service since 1973, replaced the original facilities, judged inadequate for the strong population growth after the war. A free car park was laid out, then enlarged in 1975.
Anecdote
In the 20th century the neighbouring cafés acted as private left-luggage rooms for bicycles, a practice that disappeared after the war. During the renovation of the 2000s a covered outdoor bicycle park was created, and in 2021 the Île-de-France region set up a secure, paid Véligo space. Nearby stands one of the sixteen centralised control posts planned on the national rail network, which replaces Saxby electromechanical signal boxes dating from 1933 and controls arrivals and departures at the Bercy and Lyon stations.
Around Vigneux-sur-Seine
- Port-Courcel, 1150 m away — A former Seine port linked to the sand trade.
- Bords de Seine, 1800 m away — The Seine banks, where sand from the town's quarries was loaded.