L'Estaque, Railway station in L'Estaque, Marseille, France.
L'Estaque is a railway station in Marseille's 16th arrondissement with a main building constructed between 1848 and 1851. Art Deco metal structures were added to the station during the late 1920s to expand its facilities.
The main building was constructed between 1848 and 1851, when the station handled only freight for local industries before opening to passengers. Metal-framed annexes in the Art Deco style were added in the late 1920s. The station was listed as a monument historique by decree on 22 November 2012.
The station takes its name from the L'Estaque district, which Paul Cézanne and fellow painters made famous between 1880 and 1910. The hilltop stop gave its name to the upper village, L'Estaque-Gare, while the lower part is L'Estaque-Plage.
The station sits on top of a hill and features four tracks with one central platform and two side platforms. Its elevated position creates a natural division between the station area at the top and the beach section lower in the village.
The station's hilltop location led to a split identity for the village with L'Estaque-Gare at the top and L'Estaque-Plage at the bottom. This geographical division shapes how residents and visitors experience the two distinct parts of the settlement.
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