Valmondois is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

located in the commune of

Butry-sur-Oise Butry-sur-Oise () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Valmondois station, situated in the commune, has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris. Local attractions * Musée des tramways à ...

(

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.

department), France. The station is served by

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: H, J, K, L, N, U, P and R, each operated by SNCF, th ...

H trains Creil - Pontoise and Paris - Saint-Leu-la-Forêt - Persan-Beaumont. The daily number of passengers was between 500 and 2,500 in 2002.

History

Valmondois is located on the original Paris - Lille line, opened on 20 June 1846 by

Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord The Chemins de fer du Nord''French locomotive built in 1846''

(Nord Railway Company). This line passed along the Montmorency Valley (Ermont-Eaubonne), and headed towards the Northeast at

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 ...

, continuing through the

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...

valley. In 1859, a more direct line along

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was opened. The Ermont-Eaubonne - Valmondois branch line via

Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Saint-Leu-la-Forêt () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. History In 1806, the commune of Saint-Leu-la-Forêt merged with the neighboring commune of ...

was opened in 1876. Between 1886 and 1949, a branch line existed from Valmondois to

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The line Pontoise - Creil was

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in 1969, the line Ermont-Eaubonne - Valmondois in December 1970.''La Vie du Rail magazine'' June 28, 1970 - Électrification de la gare de Montsoult-Maffliers. (Electrification of Gare de Montsoult-Maffliers)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valmondois Railway stations in Val-d'Oise Railway stations in France opened in 1846

History

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