Le Bourget station
Le Bourget is a station on the line B of the Réseau Express Régional, a hybrid suburban commuter and rapid transit line. The station is also served by Paris Tramway Line 11. 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.[2]
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| Location | Place des Déportés 93350 Le Bourget France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°55′51″N 2°25′34″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87271395 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1863 | ||||||||||
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| 2019 | 17,945,579[1] | ||||||||||
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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.[3]
References
- "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- Le Bourget station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
- Commemorative plaque on the station forecourt
External links
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- Le Bourget station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
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