Gare de Formerie

Gare de Formerie

The station in the early 20th century
Location Rue du Maréchal Joffre
60220 Formerie
Coordinates 49°39′14″N 1°43′20″E / 49.65389°N 1.72222°E / 49.65389; 1.72222Coordinates: 49°39′14″N 1°43′20″E / 49.65389°N 1.72222°E / 49.65389; 1.72222
Owned by RFF/SNCF
Line(s) Amiens–Rouen railway
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Amiens
TER Picardie 2

The gare de Formerie (Formerie Station) is a railway station located in the commune of Formerie in the Oise department, France. The station is served by TER Picardie and TER Haute-Normandie trains from Amiens to Rouen.

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

References

  1. ↑ Compte rendu, p. 2, Comité de ligne Amiens/Rouen, SNCF, 8 novembre 2004 (pdf) (French)
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