The Persan–Beaumont station is a railway station in

Persan Persan () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department, Île-de-France, northern France. Persan–Beaumont station has rail connections to Pontoise, Creil, Sarcelles and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise department The ...

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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, near

Beaumont-sur-Oise Beaumont-sur-Oise (, literally ''Beaumont on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. The classical cellist Jean-Henri Levasseur (1764–1823) was born in Beaumont-sur-Oise. Population Notable ...

. It is at the junction of the

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and the Pierrelaye–Creil railway. The station is served by trains of the

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line H and the

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( Paris-Nord –

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). In 2019, the station's estimated annual passengers is 4,112,008.

History

Persan-Beaumont is located on the original

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line, that was 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 Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero#France, center of Paris, in the "new town#France, new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s. Pop ...
, continuing through the
Oise Oise ( ; ; ) 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 829,419 in 2019.< ...
valley. In 1859, a more direct line along
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was opened, bypassing Persan-Beaumont. The Chemin de fer du Nord opened the line between Épinay and Persan-Beaumont via
Montsoult Montsoult () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Montsoult–Maffliers station has rail connections to Persan, Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris. Population See also *Communes of the Val-d'Oise depart ...
on 5 April 1877, thus creating a direct link between Paris and Beauvais, and further to Le Tréport. The present station is the third built on the site. The first, which dated to the opening of the line, was destroyed by bombing in August 1944. It was replaced in 1955 by a building that proved inadequate, which was in turn replaced by the present station when the Paris – Beauvais line was electrified.La gare de Persan-Beaumont avant 1944
, valmondois.fr, retrieved 29 June 2010

The original station
Located at the junction of several important lines: * Paris-Nord via Montsoult-Maffliers * Paris-Nord via
Valmondois Valmondois () is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Valmondois station has rail connections to Persan, Creil, Pontoise and Paris. Local attractions * Musée des tramways à vapeur et des chemins de fer ...
* Pontoise via Valmondois * Beauvais * Creil The station was equipped with a roundhouse from 1917 on. 35 locomotives were maintained there, including 29 for suburban service and 4 for shunting. There were numerous employees both attached to the maintenance facility and staffing trains. The maintenance facility worked in tandem with the Joncherolles depot at
Villetaneuse Villetaneuse () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Heraldry Population Education Primary and secondary schools The commune has four prescho ...
to maintain the steam locomotives on the suburban network serving Paris-Nord. In the final years of steam service, a pool of 141 TC locomotives were used, with two locomotives specifically assigned one each to Joncherolles and the other to Beaumont. In 1968, the pool locomotives of the two depots pulled 264 daily trains for a monthly service distance of between 240,000 and 265,000 km. In 1967, they covered 2,838,000 km. The steam maintenance facilities have been demolished and replaced by a carpark. Persan-Beaumont remains a satellite centre of the Paris-Nord Technicentre.Régis Chessum, "L'atelier des Joncherolles en mutation", ''Rail Passion'' 51 (May 2010) pp. 20–21

Hermes–Beaumont railway
The
metre gauge Metre-gauge railways ( US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by several European colonial powers including France, Britain and ...
line of the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Hermes à Beaumont (Hermes – Beaumont Railway Company) formerly linked Persan-Beaumont to Hermes, Oise via Noailles. Last operated as a local interest line, it was partly closed in 1949, and the last section, from Persan to Ercuis, closed in 1958.

See also
*
List of SNCF stations SNCF stations by region The following link to SNCF stations, grouped by region (SNCF managed RER stations with no other SNCF service are not included on the Île-de-France page – see List of stations of the Paris RER for a full listing of RER sta ...

References

External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Persan Beaumont Railway stations in France opened in 1846 Railway stations in Val-d'Oise