Eu station

The Gare d'Eu (Eu station) is a railway station in the commune of Eu in the Seine-Maritime department, France, in Normandy.

Gare d'Eu
Location76260 Eu, France
Coordinates50°3′15″N 1°25′1″E
Owned byRFF/SNCF
Line(s)Abbeville–Eu railway,
Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station code87317537
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Beauvais
TER Hauts-de-France 30
Terminus
Terminus
TER Hauts-de-France 32
toward Abbeville

It is the main station for Eu; the former Eu-la Mouillette was better located but served by only one rail line.

History

The station was previously called Gare d'Eu-La Chaussée or simply Gare de la Chaussée. It was opened by the Nord company on 11 May 1872 as part of the line between Longroy-Gamaches and Le Tréport-Mers. From 4 December 1888 when the line between Abbeville and Eu was opened,[1] it was a transfer point for passengers travelling towards Dieppe. The line between Eu and Dieppe was closed on 2 October 1938 and has been partly turned into a footpath: le chemin vert du Petit Caux (Petit-Caux greenway).[2]

The station was also the terminus of a tramway which operated from 1902 to 1934 between Eu, Le Tréport and Mers-les-Bains, the tramway d'Eu-Le Tréport-Mers.

The SNCF sold the station to a private individual; today it is an unmanned stop with only an automatic ticket dispenser.

Rail service

The Gare d'Eu is at the junction of the Abbeville–Eu line and the Épinay–Le Tréport line.

It is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains from Le Tréport-Mers to Beauvais and Abbeville. On Sundays it is also served by a Corail train link to Paris Nord.[3]

In high season (from mid-June to the beginning of September), TER Normandie express trains run on weekends and public holidays from Rouen and TER Hauts-de-France trains from Amiens on Sundays and public holidays.

Service is with ATER X 73500, XGC and on occasion modernised X 4630 railcars.

See also
  • List of SNCF stations in Upper Normandy

References
Tramway d'Eu-Le Tréport-Mers at its terminus in front of the station and station hotel
  1. Région Picardie, Inventaire du patrimoine culturel de Picardie, Le réseau ferré de la côte picarde Archived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine: Histoire (in French)
  2. Le Chemin Vert du Petit Caux Archived 2015-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, Communauté de communes Yère et Plateaux, Tourisme (in French)
  3. Timetables TER Haute-Normandie Archived 2011-02-27 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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