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.

Feuquières-Broquiers
The station in 2008
LocationPlace de la Gare
Feuquières, France
Coordinates
Owned byRFF/SNCF
Line(s)Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway
Platforms1
Other information
Station code87313742
History
Opened1875
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Beauvais
TER Hauts-de-France 30

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.

The industrial connector with Saverglass

See also

  • List of SNCF stations in Picardy

References

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