Vulaines-sur-Seine - Samoreau: station history
Served by: Transilien R.
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A halt in Seine-et-Marne served by Transilien line R, on the Corbeil-Essonnes to Montereau line, at kilometre point 74.298, at 53 metres above sea level, between Héricy and Champagne-sur-Seine. It is one of the thirteen new stations opened in 1897 by the PLM company, and it is operated by the SNCF. The station building is closed, the station having lost its staff towards the end of the 20th century or the start of the 21st. It is an unstaffed stopping point with free access, with a ticket machine and signage in the colours of the Transilien network.
Anecdote
The platforms are very low, almost level with the tracks; their useful part has nevertheless been raised, and a former underpass, very narrow and unlit, gives access to the second platform. At the inauguration of the line, the Minister of Public Works, Mr Turrel, had the train stopped for a few minutes at Vulaines, as in every station, to meet the mayors and greet the inhabitants, who had come in large numbers. After 1970 the reinforced service stopped at Vulaines; it was extended to Montereau in 1991.
Around Vulaines-sur-Seine - Samoreau
- Pressoirs du Roy (Samoreau), 3300 m away — Wine presses built under Francis I in 1530, witnesses to the king's viticulture between Samoreau, Champagne and Thomery.