Argenteuil station

Argenteuil station
The station
General information
LocationFrance
Passengers
202417,548,229[1]
Services
Preceding station Transilien Transilien Following station
Le Stade
towards Paris-St.-Lazare
 Line J Sannois
towards Ermont–Eaubonne
Val d'Argenteuil
towards Gisors or Mantes-la-Jolie
Trains from Mantes, Gisors or Pontoise are direct to Paris.
Location

Argenteuil is a French railway station in Argenteuil, a northwestern suburb of Paris, France.

The station is operated by the SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) and served by trains of the Transilien Line J.

Location

The station is established at an altitude of 36 meters and located at kilometric point (PK) 9.971 of Paris–Mantes-Station line (via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine).

History

First station of Argenteuil

In 1851, the compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain opened a new line between Asnières-sur-Seine and Argenteuil. To get to Paris-Saint-Lazare, people need to cross the Pont d'Argenteuil to reach the railway terminal located in Gennevilliers, on the border with Colombes.[2]

In 1855, the company merged with others to form the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest.

Second station of Argenteuil

The station in 1872.
The station in the 20th century.
The passenger building at the entrance of the station.

A short five-kilometer line between Argenteuil and Ermont-Eaubonne was built by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord under an agreement signed on June 21, 1857, between the Minister of Public Works and the company—an agreement approved by an imperial decree on June 26, 1857.[3] To create a line between the two networks, this section was built jointly by the two companies.[4] The line entered on service in 1863, at which time the Ouest station was relocated to the opposite bank of the Seine, to its current site.

Trains then served Pontoise by taking this new line, followed by the Cernay connection (between the Sannois and Cernay stations) and finally the Saint-Denis–Pontoise line, which also belonged to the Compagnie du Nord. Other trains known as "circular" services connected Paris-Saint-Lazare to Paris-Nord via Ermont-Eaubonne.

During the Siege of Paris (1870–1871), the building was burned by the Germans.[5]

In 1892, the line between Argenteuil and Mantes via Conflans opened to traffic. Trains serving Pontoise used this new route, which belonged entirely to the Compagnie de l'Ouest.

During the 1920s, track crossings at Ermont made increasingly difficult by steadily rising traffic led to the suspension of the circular service; the Argenteuil–Ermont-Eaubonne section became a simple, isolated shuttle. This section was one of the last suburban lines to be electrified, in May 1983.[6] From September 25, 1988, to July 9, 2006, the section was served by the RER C to Argenteuil. These services discontinued from August 27, 2006, after the section were transferred to Transilien Line J.

Passengers

From 2015 to 2024, according to SNCF estimates, the annual passenger traffic at the station amounted to the figures indicated in the table below:[1]

Year 2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Passengers 14,929,21715,388,96915,608,67416,094,78616,219,6408,869,57514,527,14416,033,83515,911,70317,548,229

Connections

Train service

The station is served by trains of the Transilien Line J towards Paris-Saint-Lazare or Mantes-la-Jolie, Pontoise or Gisors.

Bus connections

The station is connected with many bus lines:

See also

Bibliography

  • (in French) Paris et l'Île de France – Tome 1: Les réseaux Est, Nord et Saint-Lazare, 2002, Le Train. ISSN 1267-5008

References

  1. 1 2 "Fréquentation en gares - SNCF Open Data". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Plans du cadastre de Gennevilliers - 1855-1856" (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Bulletin des lois de l'Empire français (26 June 1857). N° 4818 - Décret impérial qui approuve la convention passée, le 21 juin 1857, entre le ministre de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux publics, et la Compagnie du chemin de fer du Nord. Vol. 10. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. pp. 411–441.
  4. ↑ Palau, Maguy; Palau, François. Le rail en France - Tome 2, 1858 - 1863. p. 197.
  5. ↑ Lecoy, Bernard (2004). Chemins de fer et déplacements autour de Paris pendant la crise de 1870-1871 (in French). Revue d’histoire des chemins de fer. pp. 181–200. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Collardey, Bernard. Les trains de banlieue. II. p. 217.

48°56′49″N 2°15′26″E / 48.94694°N 2.25722°E / 48.94694; 2.25722

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