Épinay – Villetaneuse (SNCF)

Épinay - Villetaneuse
Transilien & Tramway station
Location	Route de Saint Leu Épinay-sur-Seine Rue des Presles Deuil-la-Barre  France
Coordinates	48°57′30″N 2°19′42″E / 48.95828°N 2.32827°E / 48.95828; 2.32827Coordinates: 48°57′30″N 2°19′42″E / 48.95828°N 2.32827°E / 48.95828; 2.32827
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF & Transkeo
Line(s)	Transilien
Platforms	5
Tracks	6
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1880 (1880)
Services
Preceding station   Transilien   Following station Saint-Denis toward Paris-Nord Transilien La Barre-Ormesson toward Pontoise or Persan-Beaumont Transilien Deuil-Montmagny toward Persan-Beaumont or Luzarches

Épinay - Villetaneuse is a railway station located in the commune of Épinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis department, France. It is also adjacent to the communes of Montmagny and Deuil-la-Barre in Val d'Oise.

Despite its name, the Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse is located approximately 1 km from Villetaneuse. Nonetheless, it is the closest station to the Paris 13 University campus in Villetaneuse.

The station is at the junction of two lines:

It is at the 9.040 kilometre point on the Saint-Denis - Pontoise line, an older section of the Paris - Lille route which was superseded in 1859 by the more direct line from Saint-Denis to Creil. There was previously a military connection between this line and the Grande Ceinture line. The SA HLM SICF-La Sablière, a public housing subsidiary of the SNCF, has requisitioned the land and built housing blocks. In 2000, the number of passengers per day was between 7,500 and 15,000. The station has two free carparks with 100 and 177 spaces.

Although the stop appears to have been created in 1850, the station was constructed only in 1880, as the Gare d'Épinay, by the Chemins de fer du Nord with appropriate architecture for a junction station, as at Eu. It was renamed Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse in 1908 when the new Gare d'Épinay-sur-Seine was built on what was then called the Les Grésillons line (now incorporated into the North Branch of the RER C).

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