Port-Royal is a French railway station on the
RER B line in
Paris
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. It is located in the
5th arrondissement, not far from its tripoint border with the
6th and
14th arrondissements. It is named after
Port-Royal Abbey, Paris
Port-Royal Abbey was an abbey in Paris that was a stronghold of Jansenism. It was first built in 1626 to relieve pressure of numbers on the mother house at Port-Royal-des-Champs.
History
Famous people who stayed at the Port-Royal Abbey include Ma ...
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History
The station opened on 31 March 1895, as part of the
Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans extension of the
Ligne de Sceaux from
Denfert-Rochereau station north to
Luxembourg station
Luxembourg railway station ( lb, Gare Lëtzebuerg, french: Gare de Luxembourg, german: Bahnhof Luxemburg) is the main railway station serving Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-own ...
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The station has a unique architectural style with the station house located above the tracks on a metal footbridge. This particular arrangement was necessary because of a lack of space at the station site. Today, the station house retains its original appearance with its platforms protected by glass canopies, but the ends of the platforms have been extended to accommodate longer trains.
Port-Royal station was targeted in the 3 December
1996 Paris RER bombing
On 3 December 1996 an IED detonated on the southbound tracks of the Port-Royal Réseau Express Régional (RER) station in Paris, France. Four people were killed in the bombing: two French citizens, a Moroccan and a Canadian.
Following the bomb ...
when an explosive device detonated on the southbound tracks of the station. Four people were killed in the attack.
Gallery
File:Port Royal train station, Paris.jpg, The station house can be seen sitting atop the platforms on the Boulevard de Port-Royal
File:Gare de Port-Royal, plaque fleurie attentat 1996.JPG, Memorial at the station to the victims of the 1996 Paris RER bombing
On 3 December 1996 an IED detonated on the southbound tracks of the Port-Royal Réseau Express Régional (RER) station in Paris, France. Four people were killed in the bombing: two French citizens, a Moroccan and a Canadian.
Following the bomb ...
See also
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List of stations of the Paris RER
References
Réseau Express Régional stations
Railway stations in France opened in 1895
Buildings and structures in the 5th arrondissement of Paris
Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris
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