It is inside a rail complex that includes a marshalling yard, a depot, and a maintenance establishment.

Il was a hundred meters northern and was named Étoile de Conflans.

After the classification yard extension and Achères-Pontoise railway was put into service, the station was given the name Achères-Embranchement in 1877.

It was renamed Achères-Grand-Cormier when the Achères-Ville station was put into operation on Achères-Pontoise railway in 1976.

A former stop, named Village d'Achères, used to be on this railway, but was destroyed by bombings during the night from 7 to 8 June 1944.