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The Carbonnets station, also known as the Lisch station, was originally built in the Champ-de-Mars in Paris by the architect Juste Lisch for the 1878 Universal Exhibition. It then served as a terminal for the line between Grenelle-Cinture and Champ-de-Mars. Its architecture was distinguished by a brick-filling metal frame decorated with coloured tiles and varnished tiles, with a central building of 1500 m2 flanked by two glass extensions.

In 1897, after the destruction of the workshops of Asnières and Bois-Colombes by a tornado, the Compagnie de l'Ouest decided to dismantle and reassemble the station at its current location, a dead end of the Carbonnets in Asnières-sur-Seine. In 1924 it became an electric station for the Paris-Saint-Lazare line - Bois-Colombes, before being disused in 1936 following the extension of electrification to Argenteuil. Transformed into workshops, it was finally abandoned in the 1970s.

Promised to demolish in 1983, the station was saved by a local mobilization and included in the additional inventory of historical monuments in 1985. Despite several restoration or relocation projects (Cergy-le-Haut, Gennevilliers, Paris), it remained abandoned until 2024, when the city of Asnières-sur-Seine bought it for €425,000. An identical restoration is planned from 2025.

The name of the Carbonnets station comes from its current address, while Lisch station pays tribute to its architect. Its original Parisian location is now occupied by the Champ de Mars station - Eiffel Tower (RER C).

Among the abandoned projects are an attempt to transform Cité du Voyage (cultural and economic hub) or coworking space in 2019, all aborted for financial or contextual reasons (SARS-CoV-2). Its architecture, marked by two-coloured bricks and earthenware decoration, makes it a rare testimony of the pavilions of the Universal Exhibition.

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