It is a Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) passenger station, served by Transilien line L trains.

[8] The line from Asnières to Versailles (Rive droite), officially opened on August 4, 1839, by the Société anonyme du chemin de Versailles (Rive droite), did not include a stop between the Saint-Cloud station and the Suresnes station opened a year later.

Shortly before its inauguration on March 15, 1901,[3] Le Sport universel illustré reported that several existing or planned means of spectator access were available, including creating a new station, 400 meters from the entrance via the Chemin du Val d'Or.

The company agreed, at its own expense, to extend it and transform it into a metal footbridge, as soon as it was decided to build a rest area.

Its construction led to the widening to thirteen meters of the opening of the bridge on rue du Calvaire, known as the "Pont des Trois Pierrots".

When it opened, trains on the Paris to Versailles line served it only on race days at the Plaine de Fouilleuse racecourse.

In 1911, the State set up sidings at various stations on the line, notably at the Saint-Cloud racecourse stop known as "Val d'Or", for freight trains that were impeding passenger traffic.

[17] At the end of the First World War, the station's facilities were modified when a special branch line was set up to serve "the docks and sand chambers to be built on the Fouilleuse plain [...] by the artillery department of the Puteaux arsenal".

It branches off from the Versailles line north of the Val d'Or station, and heads north-west on a steep gradient for the first 250 meters,[18] where a four-meter difference in level has to be overcome.

In 1926-1927, the mayors of Rueil-Malmaison and Suresnes entered into discussions with the STCRP and the military authorities to introduce passenger traffic on the branch line.

[19] On October 19, 1945, at 12:45 p.m., a serious accident occurred on the junction at the Croix du Roy crossroads, when a train carrying two thirty-tonne tanks to the arsenal collided with a bus from line 44: several people were killed and around fifteen injured.

When the Rueil plant's activities were reoriented, with a sharp reduction in the transport of heavy equipment, the branch line was finally abandoned in 1959.

Today, part of the branch line site is occupied by the parking lot of the Parc du Val d'Or residence (the tall "S"-shaped building, in white in the photo opposite).

[24] In the early 2000s, the old footbridge, which overlooks the station and provides access to the platforms as well as a link between the upper and lower towns of Saint-Cloud, was tired after more than a century of use.

Consideration was given to replacing it, taking into account the need for disabled access and the constraints imposed by its cramped site, its various functions and its aesthetic appeal, since it is located in the protected natural area of Mont Valérien.

[25][26][27] The focal point of this major project is the construction of a new public footbridge overhanging the railway line, with the commune's pathways between the top and bottom of the hillside.

[26] To make the site as accessible as possible, the work will involve replacing the furniture, removing any obstacles to movement, modifying the flooring, installing signage adapted to different types of disability, and upgrading the lighting.

Nevertheless, the most penalized in terms of travel time are those who are not heading for Paris but for other suburban towns, such as Suresnes for Dassault Aviation employees.

Passengers are now waiting for the promises of major investment in rolling stock renewal and infrastructure improvements to be fulfilled, to achieve a truly efficient transport service.

These boxes, deployed in several French towns or stations, are designed to enable the circulation of books, similar to bookcrossing.