Feuquières-Broquiers station
Feuquières-Broquiers is a railway station located between Broquiers and Feuquières in the Oise department, France. It is situated on the Beauvais-Abancourt section of the Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway. It is an unattended station, served by TER Hauts-de-France trains between Beauvais and Tréport-Mers.
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 The station in 2008 | |||||||||||
| Location | Place de la Gare Feuquières, France | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | RFF/SNCF | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87313742 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1875 | ||||||||||
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Near the station, towards Beauvais, there is a branch line to the Saverglass glass factory.
History
During the First World War, a railway was built from Feuquières to Ponthoile on the Longueau–Boulogne railway, north of Noyelles-sur-Mer. It allowed for the military convoys to reach the Abbeville-Eu railway and the Longueau–Boulogne railway without passing into enemy fire.
The line, which was completed within a thousand days, played a major role in the final offensives of the Allies during the late summer and fall of 1918. Lacking commercial interest, the line was abandoned in 1920.
See also
- List of SNCF stations in Picardy
References
- Timetables TER Picardie (in French)
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