The Gare du Tréport-Mers is a railway station in the commune of

Le Tréport Le Tréport () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in Normandy, France. Geography A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 940, the D 78 and th ...

in the

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

department, France. It is only a few metres from

Mers-les-Bains Mers-les-Bains () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D1015 road, some west of Abbeville, Mers-les-Bains faces the English Channel near the mouth of the river ...

, which is in the Somme department.

Railway service

The Gare du Tréport-Mers is the terminus of the Paris–

Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...

– Abancourt–Le Tréport-Mers and the

Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...

–Le Tréport-Mers lines. The station is served by ATER X 73500, XGC X 76500 and on occasions modernised X 4630

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. Every Sunday it is also served by a Corail train connecting it to

Paris Gare du Nord Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

. Train services to

were discontinued in 2018. During the high season (from mid-June to the beginning of September), express

TER Normandie TER Normandie is the regional rail network serving the region of Normandy, northwestern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2016 from the previous TER networks TER Basse-Normandie and TER Haute-Norm ...

trains run from

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

on weekends and

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s and

TER Hauts-de-France TER Hauts-de-France is the regional rail network serving the region of Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais and T ...

trains run from

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...

and

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

on Sundays and bank holidays. MERSGLOBAL

History

The station was built in 1872 in classical style for the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Nord (Nord company) and opened on 11 May 1872 with the section of line to Longroy-Gamaches. In 1873 the line was extended to Abancourt, permitting the company to run "seaside trains" from Paris via Amiens.Le réseau ferré de la Côte picarde: Historique
, Inventaire du Patrimoine Culturel de Picardie, Région Picardie, 2002 The station was renamed Gare du Tréport-Mers in 1887 after the Syndicate of Property Owners of Mers petitioned for Mers to be mentioned on signs and posters. Until 2 October 1938, Le Tréport-Mers was also connected to

Dieppe Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newha ...

by the Eu –

line; part of this closed line, between

Saint-Quentin-au-Bosc Saint-Quentin-au-Bosc is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Petit-Caux.Eu, has since become a footpath, the ''chemin vert du Petit Caux'' (Petit Caux greenway).Le Chemin Vert du Petit Caux
, Communauté de communes Yère et Plateaux, Tourisme

The station

The station is a terminus but architecturally resembles the large main-line stations of the Nord company's network, with two corner pavilions. The semi-circular arched windows on the ground floor and

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roofs with

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windows lend it the appearance of a

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residence. The clock identifies it as a station and echoes the seaside style that corresponds to the environment of Mers. Originally the walls of the building were not plastered but made up of bare brickwork, as in the majority of Le Tréport buildings. The station therefore represented the contrasting identities of the two towns which it served. The station building is open daily and has a ticket office and ticket machines.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Treport Mers Railway stations in Seine-Maritime Railway stations in France opened in 1872