Le Bourget station

Le Bourget station is a station on the RER B of the Réseau Express Régional, a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit line. The station is also served by Paris Tramway Line 11. The station will be where the Paris Metro Line 16 and Paris Metro Line 17 divide, with Line 16 heading to Noisy-Champs and Line 17 going to Le Mesnil-Amelot. It is named after the town of Le Bourget where the station is located, a northern suburb of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department of France.^[3]

Le Bourget
Le Bourget station house
General information
Location	Place des Déportés Le Bourget France
Coordinates	48°55′51″N 2°25′34″E
Operated by	SNCF
Construction
Accessible	Yes, by prior reservation[1]
Other information
Station code	87271395
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1863
Passengers
2019	17,945,579[2]
Services
Preceding station RER Following station Drancy towards Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye RER B La Courneuve–Aubervilliers towards Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Preceding station Tram Following station Dugny–La Courneuve towards Épinay-sur-Seine T11 Terminus
Other services
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station La Courneuve–Six Routes towards Saint-Denis–Pleyel Line 16 (2026) Parc du Blanc-Mesnil towards Clichy–Montfermeil Line 17 (2026) Le Bourget Aéroport Terminus

History

Le Bourget station was the primary point of deportation for French Jews during the Holocaust. Between 27 March 1942 and 23 June 1943, 42 trains carrying 40,450 Jews left Le Bourget for Auschwitz concentration camp and other extermination camps in Poland. Most had been imprisoned in the nearby Drancy internment camp.^[4]

References

1. "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
3. Le Bourget station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
4. Commemorative plaque on the station forecourt

External links

Media related to Gare du Bourget at Wikimedia Commons

• Le Bourget station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)