The "Gare de la Bastille" was, except possibly in its earliest days, an almost purely passenger station. Parcels and post were handled but almost the only freight was coal for the three-road engine shed. General freight was handled at a goods station located at the other end of the viaduct at Reuilly but the "Gare de la Bastille" did handle one rather unusual traffic. Following devastation by phylloxera and increased competition from wine shipped in by rail, vineyards that had traditionally supplied Paris in the area served by the outer rural section of the Ligne de Vincennes switched to growing roses. A "Train des Roses" was introduced as early as 1897, arriving at the "Gare de la Bastille" in the early hours. The roses were sold in the markets at Les Halles. Traffic peaked at over 1,000,000 roses per night.