TGV Haute-Picardie station

Haute-Picardie TGV
Haute-Picardie TGV
	SNCF
	The station entrance
Location	Ablaincourt-Pressoir; Somme, Picardy; France
Coordinates	49°51′33″N 2°49′54″E
Elevation	83 m
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	LGV Nord
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Train operators	TGV
Other information
Station code	87313882
History
Opened	3 July 1994
Passengers
2016	324 016
Location
	Haute-Picardie TGV Location within France

Haute-Picardie TGV station is a railway station on the LGV Nord-Europe between Lille and Paris. Geographically, it is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Péronne, between the towns of Saint Quentin and Amiens, in the heart of the Battle of the Somme territory.

Overview

When built, it was criticised by the press for being too far from any of the neighbouring towns to be useful. It was located near a trunk road rather than a connecting railway line: it was often nicknamed la gare des betteraves, or 'sugar beet station', as it is surrounded by sugar beet fields, as it was the case for some rail stations in the countryside at the beginning of the twentieth century, when those vegetables were still transported by train towards the next sugar refinery.

Today, the station is connected with the two local main cities, namely Amiens to the west and Saint Quentin to the east, by the A29 motorway – it takes around 30 minutes to reach either city and a bus shuttle service operates.

The annual number of passengers varies from 360,000 to 400,000.

As a very small TGV station, from the point of view of watching the trains the platform is only a few metres from the main running lines, where trains pass by at 300 km/h (190 mph), and there is a good view of the lines in both directions. At most stations on high-speed lines there is some form of barrier preventing this close up viewing from the platform. Since 2013, passengers are not allowed onto the platforms until the arrival of the next stopping train, in order to avoid any risk of being hit by flying track ballast.

There is a business park close to the station.

Services

Preceding station	SNCF	Following station
Arras toward Brussels-South	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Nice
Lille Europe toward Brussels-South	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Nice
Lille Europe toward Brussels-South	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Marseille-St-Charles
Lille Europe Terminus	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Marseille-St-Charles
	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Bordeaux
	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Rennes
	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Nantes
	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Montpellier-St-Roch
Arras toward Lille Europe	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Marseille-St-Charles
Arras toward Lille Europe	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Montpellier-St-Roch
Arras toward Lille-Flandres	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Bordeaux
Arras toward Lille-Flandres	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Marseille-St-Charles
Lille Europe Terminus	TGV	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Tourcoing Terminus	OUIGO	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Rennes
Tourcoing Terminus	OUIGO	Aéroport Charles de Gaulle toward Nantes

References

Timetables TER Picardie (in French)

External links

TGV Haute-Picardie station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

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