Villennes-sur-Seine: station history
Served by: Transilien J.
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A station in the Yvelines served by Transilien line J, on the Paris-Saint-Lazare to Le Havre line, on the left bank of the Seine, 29.7 kilometres from Paris-Saint-Lazare. A halt was created in 1880, then replaced by a station. The station building, in Art Nouveau style, reuses the plans drawn by Antoine Raguenet for the Clamart station, built in 1904 and destroyed in 1972; it was made by the architect Alexandre Barret and built in 1911. It includes a concourse lit by a glass roof, under a gabled roof with a pointed-arch ceiling.
Anecdote
The building received the "Patrimoine d'intérêt régional" label in 2019, and festivities in period costume celebrated its centenary. The station appears in the film Les Démons de Jésus, by Bernie Bonvoisin, and in an episode of the series Joséphine, ange gardien shot in 2012. In 2015 a Japanese advertisement for the drink Orangina (Lemongina) was filmed there with Richard Gere.
Around Villennes-sur-Seine
- Église de Villennes-sur-Seine, 1100 m away — The village church, photographed for the historic monuments inventory.