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]

Le Bourget
Location	Place des Déportés 93350 Le Bourget France
Coordinates	48°55′51″N 2°25′34″E
Owned by	SNCF
Other information
Station code	87271395
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1863
Passengers
2019	17,945,579[1]
Services
Preceding station   RER   Following station Drancy toward Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV or Mitry–Claye La Courneuve-Aubervilliers toward Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse

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

1. "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
2. Le Bourget station at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
3. Commemorative plaque on the station forecourt

External links

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