Villeneuve-le-Roi: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A station in the Val-de-Marne opened in 1914 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans. The building is of stone, with bands and arches combining red brick, yellow brick and blue-grey; it originally had five bays and a hipped roof, without wings, and two side wings were added in the second half of the 20th century. Its layout and certain details, such as the segmental arches, recall the larger station of Vitry-sur-Seine.
Anecdote
The side walls carry a frieze of ceramic tiles spelling the name of the station, whereas the long walls show only brick frames enclosing cemented spaces, which may have been meant to receive ceramics that were never fitted. When the Villeneuve-le-Roi station opened, the neighbouring station of Orly - Villeneuve-le-Roi was renamed Orly (Seine). The station was used as a filming location for the opening sequence of the film L'An 01 (1973), directed by Jacques Doillon.