Gare Du Champ de Mars - The 1878 Station

The 1878 Station

A new station was built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle. The building was designed and built by Juste Lisch. It had four dead end tracks as well as four additional parking tracks. This enabled a greater functionality than the previous station.

The station was composed of a central metallic rooftop, filled with red bricks. Two side buildings (called pagodas) encompassed the passenger concourse which were themselves hidden behind canopies which extended onto the platforms. A buffet was built to the south of the station along the Avenue de Suffren.

Champ de Mars remained opened after the world fair and regained popularity for the 1889 world fair. The Eiffel Tower was built next to the station.

Mid 1894, all passenger services end to permit the demolition of all of the level crossings. A bridge over the river Seine to link the dead end line to the Ligne d'Auteuil was built soon afterwards which meant that the station building had to be demolished. It was moved in 1897 and used as the station building for Bois-Colombes. The building is now listed.