At the exit of Coteau (Loire), a small neighboring town of Roanne, the Longée de Platanes Right. On this small portion of the historic national 7, one of the few sections still remaining today, the asphalt ribbon is enclosed between, on the one hand, a railway with rusty rails and, on the other, a succession of modern general public brands. In the middle of this decor, a kilometric terminal wearing red and painted white at the base throne in front of a service station meeting the same color code. Commissioning by the Ozo fuel distributor in 1956, it then went under a total pavilion (today totalnergies) five years later, until a final operating stop in 1981.
In November 2019, while Thierry Doillon was circulating with friends on n 7 aboard his old car, he sees the top of a concrete arrow flush among “A jungle that had formed”. “With friends, we remembered that there was a service station here, he says. The image was striking, it was as if the story was eaten by vegetation. Stations like this, there were nine formerly on a handful of kilometers. »»
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