Le Havre station ( French: ''Gare du Havre'') is the main
railway station
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located in
Le Havre
Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very cl ...
,
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 ...
,
France
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. The station was opened on 22 March 1847 and is located on the
Paris–Le Havre railway
The Paris–Le Havre railway is an important 228-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the northwestern port city Le Havre via Rouen. Among the first railway lines in France, the section from Paris to Rouen opened on 9 May 1843, foll ...
. The train services are operated by
SNCF
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.
The station building was built in 1932 by
Henri Pacon
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People with this given name
; French noblemen
:'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.''
* Henri I de Montm ...
for the CF de l'Etat replacing the older building along with a new clock tower. It is a terminus and the passenger hall is parallel to the street. Of the old building, only the rooftop by
Juste Lisch
Jean Juste Gustave Lisch (10 June 1828 – 24 August 1910) was a French architect.Plan du réseau TER Normandie, accessed 14 April 2022.
* High speed services (''TGV'') Le Havre - Rouen - Massy TGV - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
* Regional services (''TER Normandie'') Le Havre - Rouen - Paris
* Regional services (''TER Normandie'') Le Havre - Bréauté-Beuzeville - Yvetot - Rouen
* Local services (''TER Normandie'') Le Havre - Bréauté-Beuzeville - Fécamp
* Local services (''TER Normandie'') Le Havre - Harfleur - Montivilliers (- Rolleville)
Tram services
The station is served by the Le Havre tramway, which has a tram stop outside the entrance of the station.
* A (La Plage - Hotel de Ville - Gare - Universite - Mare Rouge - Mont-Gaillard)
* B (La Plage - Hotel de Ville - Gare - Universite - Atrium - Caucriauville)
See also
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List of SNCF stations in Normandy
This article contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Normandy region of France.
Calvados (14)
* Audrieu
* Bayeux
* Blonville-sur-Mer-Benerville
* Bretteville-Norrey
* Caen
* Dives-Cabourg
* Dives-sur-Mer-Port Guillaume
* Fr ...