The station was the terminus for two railway lines, the main line from Paris via Brionne and the branchline from Paris via Pont-l'Évêque.
Gilbert, Count of Brionne, who succeeded his father as Count of Eu & Brionne.
Roger de Beaumont, Lord (seigneur) of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Vatteville, was too old to fight at the Hastings and stayed in Normandy to govern and protect it while William was away on the invasion.
He was decorated with the Military Cross by King George VI for engineering a bridge in an advance action at the Risle River near Brionne, France.
Several leading aristocrats, including Gilbert of Brionne, Osbern the Seneschal and Alan of Brittany, became William's guardians.