Gare d'Abancourt

Gare d'Abancourt before its renovation in 2008

Location

Place de la gare
60220 Abancourt, France

Coordinates: 49°41′8″N 1°46′28″E / 49.68556°N 1.77444°E

Owned by

RFF/SNCF

Line(s)

Amiens–Rouen railway,
Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway

Platforms

1 outside, 2 central

Tracks

5 plus sidings

History

Opened

18 April 1867

Electrified

1984

Traffic

Passengers (2003)

95 per day

Services

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Fouilloy toward Amiens		TER Picardie 2		Formerie toward Rouen-Rive-Droite
Feuquières-Broquiers toward Beauvais		TER Picardie 21		Aumale toward Le Tréport-Mers

Place de la gare
60220 Abancourt, France

The Gare d'Abancourt (Abancourt station) is a railway station located in the commune of Abancourt in the Oise department, in Picardy, France. It is primarily served by TER Picardie trains.

The station is located at the intersection of:

The railway reached Abancourt in 1867 when the Nord company built the line between Amiens and Rouen. The station was built approximately 1 km from the town, in the hamlet of Hennicourt. Following test runs, the line entered service on 18 April 1867, with general service trains taking 3 hours 50 minutes to complete the run from Amiens to Rouen, at an average speed of 35 km/h.

The station was enlarged in 1873 when the stretch of line to Longroy-Gamaches (towards Le Tréport-Mers) was opened, and again in 1875 for the Abancourt - Beauvais stretch.

Because of its location at the junction of two lines, as well as arrangements put in place during World War I, the station has approximately ten sidings, in addition to facilities for serving an agricultural silo.

Because of its key position in the rail network (between Nord, Picardy, Paris and Le Havre), the German army made use of the Abancourt station. Anti-aircraft railcars were used to protect convoys. The station was bombed multiple times by squadrons of the Royal Air Force.

Reinforced concrete shelters remain in place today beside the sidings.

The station is served by TER Haute-Normandie and TER Picardie trains on the lines between Beauvais and Le Tréport-Mers and between Rouen and Amiens and Lille.

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