Formerie station
Formerie is a railway station located in the commune of Formerie in the Oise department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France and TER Normandie trains from Amiens to Rouen.
Formerie | |||||||||||
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 The station in the early 20th century | |||||||||||
| Location | Rue du Maréchal Joffre 60220 Formerie | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°39′14″N 1°43′20″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RFF/SNCF | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Amiens–Rouen railway | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87313833 | ||||||||||
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According to the SNCF, the station averaged 16 passengers per operating day in 2003.[1]
History
Arrival of the branch line train from Milly (left), postcard franked 1916
There was a munitions depot for the Army of the North at the station between the winter of 1915/16 and the end of the First World War.
Formerie was previously the interchange station to a metre gauge line of local interest linking Milly-sur-Thérain to Formerie via the Thérain valley. At Milly-sur-Thérain there was a connection to Beauvais on the Paris Nord - Le Tréport-Mers line. Opened on 22 October 1894, this line was closed to all traffic on 31 December 1935.
See also
- List of SNCF stations in Picardy
References
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- Compte rendu, p. 2 Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Comité de ligne Amiens/Rouen, SNCF, 8 novembre 2004 (pdf) (in French)
- Timetables TER Picardie (in French)
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