Villeparisis-Mitry-le-Neuf: station history
Served by: RER B.
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A station in Seine-et-Marne served by RER B, whose original halt opened in 1883 by the Compagnie du Nord and was destroyed in 1962; the present station was built in 1962 and came into service in 1963. It lies in the territory of Mitry-Mory but carries the name of Villeparisis, to avoid confusion with the nearby Mitry - Claye station. The halt had been built near the level crossing of the Mitry bridge, at the request of both communes, and the level crossing was replaced by an underpass in the late 1930s.
Anecdote
In the 1920s the company and the municipality agreed on an improvement of the station, but the project was slow to materialise, which made it the source of an ironic song. In the early 1960s major works linked to the opening of the RER took the line to four tracks as far as Villeparisis; in 1983 the station became a station of RER line B, on branch B5. It has four tracks, two high platforms and a low platform, a bicycle park and three free park-and-rides.
Around Villeparisis-Mitry-le-Neuf
- Église Saint-Martin, 1400 m away — A 17th-century church in the Vieux Pays district.
- Canal de l'Ourcq, 1450 m away — Created by a decree of Napoleon on 19 May 1802, this 108.1-km canal brings the Ourcq's water to the Villette basin. Reserved for non-drinking uses since 1983, it also serves pleasure boating.