Montérolier-Buchy station
Gare de Montérolier-Buchy | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Montérolier | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°36′11″N 1°20′4″E / 49.60306°N 1.33444°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | RFF/SNCF | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Amiens–Rouen railway | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 + sidings | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | 87411454 | |||||||||||||||
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The Gare de Montérolier-Buchy (Montérolier-Buchy station) is a railway station in the commune of Montérolier in the Seine-Maritime department, France and near Buchy. The station is a stop on the Amiens–Rouen railway, and is the terminus a line to Motteville. It was also the terminus of the branch line to Saint-Saëns, which has been closed and removed.
The station
[edit]Montérolier-Buchy is now an unmanned station. It has two platforms on either side of two passenger tracks, between which there is a metal footbridge (not handicap-accessible). Numerous sidings lie to the south of the station.
The station is served by TER Normandie and TER Hauts-de-France trains from Rouen to Amiens and Lille.[1] In summer it is also served by TER Haute-Normandie trains linking Rouen to Le Tréport-Mers.
Connections
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Montérolier-Buchy is the terminus for two branch lines:
- To Saint-Saëns: a 10.2 km shuttle local line closed in 1953 and since dismantled.
- To Motteville (freight only)
History
[edit]The station was heavily bombed during the Second World War, because it controlled a junction and the Amiens–Rouen line was of great importance to the German Army.
A plaque placed on the station forecourt commemorates the existence there from April to June 1945 of a reception station for deportees, prisoners and returning French obligatory workers being repatriated from Nazi Germany.
References
[edit]- ^ "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
See also
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