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Champ De Courses D'Enghien Station
Champ de courses d'Enghien is a railway station in the commune of Soisy-sous-Montmorency (Val-d'Oise department), France. The station is served by Transilien H trains, on the lines from Paris to Persan-Beaumont and Pontoise. The daily number of passengers was between 2,500 and 7,500 in 2002. The station has two free parking sections with 433 spaces in total. The station is served every 15 minutes. It takes 15 to 19 minutes to reach Paris. History Champ de courses d'Enghien is located on the original Paris – Lille line, opened on 20 June 1846 by Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord (Nord Railway Company). This line passed along the Montmorency Valley (Ermont-Eaubonne), and headed towards the Northeast at Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, continuing through the Oise valley. In 1859, a more direct line along Chantilly was opened. The line Paris – Pontoise was electrified in 1969.''La Vie du Rail magazine'' 28 June 1970 – Électrification de la gare de Montsoult-Maffliers. (Electrificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soisy-sous-Montmorency
Soisy-sous-Montmorency (, literally ''Soisy under Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, Montmorency'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, ''département'' located north of Paris, France. History On 7 August 1850, a part of the territory of Soisy-sous-Montmorency was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Saint-Gratien, Val-d'Oise, Saint-Gratien, a part of the territory of Deuil-la-Barre, and a part of the territory of Épinay-sur-Seine to create the commune of Enghien-les-Bains. Population Sport * Racecourse: ''Hippodrome d'Enghien-Soisy'' * Sports stadium: ''Stade Albert Schweitzer'' home of the ''FC Soisy-Andilly-Margency''. Transport Soisy-sous-Montmorency is served by Champ de courses d'Enghien station on the SNCF Transilien Paris – Nord suburban rail line. Notable people * Aristide Briand (1862–1932), statesman * Ida Presti (1924–1967), classical guitarist and composer * Georges Delerue (1925–1992), composer * Alexandre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Denis–Dieppe Railway
The railway from Saint-Denis to Dieppe is a French 161-kilometre long railway line, that connected Paris to Dieppe on the English Channel coast. It was opened in several stages between 1846 and 1873. The part between Gisors and Serqueux was closed from 2009 to 2013, and the part between Serqueux and Arques-la-Bataille has been demolished. Route The Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway begins in the northern suburbs of Paris, near the Saint-Denis station, where it branches off the railway from Paris to Lille. It runs in generally northwestern direction, passing through Pontoise, Gisors, Gournay-en-Bray and Serqueux, where it crosses the Amiens–Rouen railway. The now demolished section beyond Serqueux passed through Neufchâtel-en-Bray, and followed the river Béthune downstream until it reached its terminus Dieppe station. Main stations The main stations on the Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway are: * Saint-Denis station * Épinay–Villetaneuse station * Ermont–Eaubonne station * Ponto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure (SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about of route, of which are high-speed lines and electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carte Orange
The carte orange (Orange Card) was a pass for the public transportation system in Paris and the surrounding Île-de-France region. A holder of the pass was entitled to unlimited use of the public transit system within a given period of time, with ''Cartes oranges'' being available for durations of one week or one month. The carte orange was discontinued in February 2009, and replaced by Navigo semaine (one-week pass) and Navigo mois (one-month pass) on a Navigo card. The Île-de-France region, with regards to public transportation, is divided in six concentric zones, the first one being the city of Paris. The most basic pass for Paris and its close banlieue covered zones 1–2, costing €17.20 for a one-week pass and €56.60 for a one-month pass. Description and use The Carte Orange itself was composed of a subway pass and an identity card, both of which were stored in a small, transparent, flexible plastic folder. The subway pass — a small, rectangular ticket composed mainl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.Populations légales 2019: 95 Val-d'Oise INSEE It is named after the river , a major tributary of the , which crosses the region after having started in Belgium and flowed through Northeastern France. Val-d'Oise is Île-de-France's northernmost department. |
Transilien
Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail network serving Île-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of eight lines: Transilien Line H, H, Transilien Line J, J, Transilien Line K, K, Transilien Line L, L, Transilien Line N, N, Transilien Line U, U, Transilien Line P, P and Transilien Line R, R, each operated by SNCF, the state-owned railway of France. The lines begin and end in major Parisian stations, but unlike the Réseau Express Régional, RER network, the Transilien trains do not cross through the Paris city centre. The Transilien brand was established on 20 September 1999 as a way to unify the suburban network that existed since the late nineteenth century. The name "Transilien" is a derivative of ''Francilien'', the demonym for people living in Île-de-France. As part of the rebranding effort, stations and rolling stock were modernized. The area covered does not correspond exactly with the boundaries of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transilien Paris-Nord
Transilien Paris-Nord is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. The trains on this sector depart from Gare du Nord in central Paris, and serve the north-west and north-east of Île-de-France region with Transilien lines H and K. Transilien services from Gare du Nord are part of the SNCF Réseau Nord, Gare du Nord rail network. Line H The trains on Line H travel between Gare du Nord in Paris and the north-west of Île-de-France region, with termini in Luzarches station, Luzarches, Pontoise station, Pontoise, Persan–Beaumont station, Persan–Beaumont and Creil station, Creil. List of Line H stations Pontoise branch * Gare du Nord * Saint-Denis station * Épinay–Villetaneuse station * La Barre - Ormesson station * Enghien-les-Bains station * Champ de courses d'Enghien station * Ermont–Eaubonne station * Cernay station * Franconville – Le Plessis-Bouchard station * Montigny–Beauchamp station * Pierrelaye station * Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône-Liesse st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compagnie Des Chemins De Fer Du Nord
The Chemins de fer du Nord at National Railway Museum website. Retrieved 28 July 2013 (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord or ''CF du Nord''), ( en, Northern Railway Company) often referred to simply as the Nord company, was a company, created in , , in September 1845. It was owned by, among others, |
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. Population Transport Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is served by two interchange stations on Paris RER C line and on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line: Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône-Liesse and Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône. Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is also served by two other stations on the Transilien Paris-Nord suburban rail line: Épluches and Pont-Petit. Finally, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is also served by Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône-Quartier de l'Église station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. Education Schools in the commune include: *Four sets of preschools (''maternelles'') and elementary schools: Matisse, Prairie, Jean Effel, Le Nôtre [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oise (river)
The Oise ( ; ) is a river of Belgium and France, flowing for from its source in the Belgian province of Hainaut, south of Chimay. It crosses the border with France after about . It flows into the Seine at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a north-western suburb of Paris. Its main tributary is the Aisne. It gave its name to the French departments of Oise and Val-d'Oise. Places along the river In France, the Oise flows through the following ''départements'' and towns: *Aisne: Hirson, Guise, Chauny *Oise (named after the river): Noyon, Compiègne, Creil *Val-d'Oise (named after the river): Auvers-sur-Oise, Pontoise, Cergy, Jouy-le-Moutier *Yvelines: Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Navigation Over the past few centuries, the Oise has played an important role as an inland shipping waterway connecting the Seine (and thus Paris) with the coastal regions of northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. With the projected construction of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal, a high-capacity water transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantilly, Oise
Chantilly ( , ) is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest, the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris. It lies 38.4 km (23.9 miles) north-northeast of the centre of Paris and together with six neighbouring communes forms an urban area of 37,254 inhabitants (2018). Intimately tied to the House of Montmorency in the 15th to 17th centuries, the Château de Chantilly was home to the Princes of Condé, cousins of the Kings of France, from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It now houses the Musée Condé. Chantilly is also known for its horse racing track, Chantilly Racecourse, where prestigious races are held for the Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de Diane. Chantilly and the surrounding communities are home to the largest racehorse-training community in France. Chantilly is also home to the Living Museum of the Horse, with stables built b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
