Savigny-sur-Orge station
Savigny-sur-Orge railway station | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, Île-de-France, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°40′34″N 2°21′08″E / 48.67611°N 2.35222°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Paris–Bordeaux railway Grande Ceinture line | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87545236 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 May 1843 | ||||||||||||||||
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Savigny-sur-Orge is a railway station in Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne, Paris, France. The station is on the Paris–Bordeaux railway and Grande Ceinture line, a freight railway around Paris. The station is served by Paris' express suburban rail system, the RER. The train services are operated by SNCF.
History
The station was opened in 1843. In May 1909 a venue for aviation races and exhibitions, Port-Aviation, opened to the public in Viry-Châtillon as the world's first purpose-built aerodrome. Savigny-sur-Orge station, about 900 metres (980 yards) from Port-Aviation, served the airfield's distinguished visitors, while most of the general public attending events at Port-Aviation arrived from Paris by rail at Juvisy station in Juvisy-sur-Orge. The press and post card publishers habitually referred to Port-Aviation by the misnomers "Savigny Airfield" and "Juvisy Airfield," although the "Juvisy" misnomer became the dominant one for the airfield and has persisted ever since.[1] The railway operator serving the stations, the Compagnie d'Orléans (Orleans Company), was surprised by the large crowds that attended events at Port-Aviation, leading to packed trains and passengers waiting for hours for a train and sometimes rioting in the stations and on the trains themselves during Port-Aviation's 1909 exhibition season. The Compagnie d'Orléans took measures to correct these problems in time for Port-Aviation's 1910 season, and Svigny-sur-Orge station continued to serve Port-Aviation until the venue hosted its last public events in 1914.[2][3][4]
Train services
The following services serve the station:
- Local services (RER C) Saint-Martin d'Étampes–Juvisy–Paris–Issy–Versailles-Chantiers–Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Local services (RER C) Dourdan–Juvisy–Paris–Issy–Versailles-Chantiers–Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- Local services (RER C) Dourdan–Juvisy–Paris–Ermont Eaubonne–Montigny
- Local services (RER C) Brétigny–Juvisy–Paris–Ermont Eaubonne–Montigny
See also
References
- ^ Port-Aviation: Premier aérodrome organisé au monde [Port Aviation: First Organized Aerodrome in the World] (PDF) (in French). Viry-Châtillon, France: Ville de Viry-Châtillon. March 2024. pp. 11–12, 15. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ The May–June 1909 'Port Aviation' meetings – the world's first air races (Archived 10 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine) by Anders Bruun, retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "Port-Aviation". Forgotten Airfields of Europe. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "After floods and bankruptcy, the revival of the world's first airfield". The First Air Races. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
External links
- Savigny-sur-Orge station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)