Villepinte: station history
Served by: RER B.
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A station in Seine-Saint-Denis served by RER line B, operated by the SNCF and located in the heart of the parc départemental du Sausset, shared between Aulnay-sous-Bois and Villepinte, at kilometre point 19.800 of the Aulnay-sous-Bois to Roissy 2-RER line. It is served by bus lines 609, 615 and 642 of the Terres d'Envol network. It appears in the catalogue of the exhibition "Le Temps des Gares" at the Centre Georges-Pompidou, from 13 December 1978 to 9 April 1979.
Anecdote
The Sausset park, which surrounds the station, covers 202.6 hectares and has about 110,000 trees, a 5-hectare pond, a 2-hectare marsh and agricultural areas with extensive grazing and a vineyard. Born of the urbanisation of the north of Aulnay-sous-Bois, which required a retention basin on the Sausset stream, it was extended to about 200 hectares at the request of Georges Valbon; the first trees were planted there in the winter of 1981-1982. It has been part of the Natura 2000 network since 2006.
Around Villepinte
- Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 2200 m away — A building that blends several eras, in the heart of Villepinte.
- Parc des expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte, 2100 m away — Opened in 1982, the second largest exhibition centre in France, with large glass roofs.
- Parc départemental du Sausset, 2200 m away — A large Seine-Saint-Denis departmental park between Villepinte and Aulnay-sous-Bois.