Gare de Senlis, Historical railway station in Senlis, France.
Gare de Senlis is a former railway station building in the town of Senlis, north of Paris, now used as a bus terminal and employment center. The stone building from the 1920s has a symmetrical facade with tall windows and is listed as a protected historical monument.
A first station building opened in 1861 but was destroyed during the First World War. The architect Gustave Umbdenstock designed the current building, which was completed in 1922.
The building carries the name of the city it once served and its stone facade can be seen from the street today. Locals now use it as an employment center, giving it a role in daily life that has nothing to do with trains.
The building is easy to spot from the street and the bus terminal on site makes it simple to arrive by public transport from Paris or nearby towns. A visit pairs well with a walk through the historic center of Senlis, which is close by.
Passenger trains stopped running here in 1950, yet the building was not listed as a historical monument until 2001, long after rail activity had ended. This means the protection came for the architecture itself, not for any active use.
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