Dives-Cabourg is the railway station for the towns of

Dives-sur-Mer Dives-sur-Mer (, literally ''Dives on Sea''; nrf, Dives sus Mé) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France. History It was from harbour of Dives-sur-Mer that William the Conqueror set out on the Norman Conquest o ...

and

Cabourg Cabourg (; nrf, Cabouorg) is a commune in the Calvados department, region of Normandy, France. Cabourg is on the coast of the English Channel, at the mouth of the river Dives. The back country is a plain, favourable to the culture of cereal. Th ...

. The station is built in Ouest architecture and is a terminus for the

Côte Fleurie The Côte Fleurie () (or Flowery Coast) stretches for approximately between Merville-Franceville-Plage, at the mouth of the Orne river, opposite Ouistreham to the west and Honfleur on the Seine estuary in the east. It forms part of the eastern ...

branchline to Trouville-Deauville. The trains between Trouville-Deauville and Dives-Cabourg only run in summer.Plan du réseau
TER Normandie, accessed 10 May 2022. The line from Mézidon opened in 1879 and extended to

Houlgate Houlgate () is a small tourist resort in northwestern France along the English Channel with a beach and a casino. It is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region. History Pre-19th century Houlgate developed as a hamlet in the ...

in 1882. The line from Trouville-Deauville to

Villers-sur-Mer Villers-sur-Mer () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy, northwestern France, with a population of 2,644 as of 2017. Geography The commune is located on the French coast of the English Channel, on the Côte Fleurie, between D ...

and Houlgate opened two years later. From 1892 to 1932, the station was served by the narrow gauge railway of

Chemins de fer du Calvados The Chemins de Fer du Calvados was a narrow gauge railway in the département of Calvados. History The railway was originally planned as a line. The département had actually accepted a tender for the construction of such a line but with int ...

, linking it to Caen's Saint-Pierre station. On Wednesday 12 May 2010, the goods yard building caught fire.L'ancienne halle marchandises de la gare de Dives prend feu

Ouest France ''Ouest-France'' ( ; French for "West-France") is a daily French newspaper known for its emphasis on both local and national news. The paper is produced in 47 different editions covering events in different French départments within the région ...

, retrieved 13 May 2010 The fire was noticed early on and extinguished, saving the building.

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Railway stations in France opened in 1879 Railway stations in Calvados {{LowerNormandy-railstation-stub