Viry-Châtillon: 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 35 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 22.730 of the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges to Montargis line, between Juvisy and Ris-Orangis. Its station building was rebuilt from the summer of 2010, at a cost of 1.43 million euros financed by the region and the Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France. It has a ticket window, ticket machines and a waiting room, and several bus lines, including Noctilien night lines, serve it.
Anecdote
Until 2007 the station was classed in fare zone 5, then reclassed in zone 4. That classification was judged incoherent, because Viry-Châtillon is farther from Paris by rail than Savigny-sur-Orge, classed in zone 4, although they are equidistant as the crow flies: it led residents, the Castelvirois, to drive to Savigny. This anomaly has since been corrected.
Around Viry-Châtillon
- Église Saint-Denis, 2100 m away — A 12th-century church, a listed historic monument.