Pont-Remy is a
railway station
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in the town
Pont-Remy
Pont-Remy (; also ''Pont-Rémy''; pcd, Pont-d'Érmy) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated at the junction of the D901 and D183 roads at an ancient crossing point of the r ...
,
Somme department, region
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
, northern
France
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. It is situated on the
Longueau–Boulogne railway
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, between
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 ...
and
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 ...
. The station is served by
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 (
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 ...
-
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 ...
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Albert
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* Albert Productions, a record label
* Alber ...
line).
In 1903, the station witnessed the arrest of three leaders of the ''bande à Jacob'' (Jacob's band), a gang of anarchists (
Marius Jacob
Alexandre Marius Jacob (September 29, 1879 – August 28, 1954), also known by the names Georges, Escande, Férau, Jean Concorde, Attila, and Barrabas, was a French anarchist illegalist.
Biography
Jacob was born in 1879 in Marseille to a work ...
, Pélissard and Félix Bour). After a car pursuit (one of the first in France) between
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 ...
and this station, a shooting ensued in which a police agent (agent Anquier) was killed.
[''Cf. Abbeville d'autrefois, p. 75 and Alex Jacob ]
Porquoi jai cambriolé (''Who was cambriolé'')
at ''Infokiosques'', 1905 , posted on October 2005, retrieved on January 2007
See also
*
List of SNCF stations in Hauts-de-France
This article contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Aisne (02)
* Aguilcourt-Variscourt
* Amifontaine
* Anizy-Pinon
* Barenton-Bugny
* Bazoches
* Bohain
* La Bouteille
* Château-Thierry
* Chau ...
References
Bibliography
*M. Agache-Lechat ''Abbeville d'autrefois'', Abbeville, 1983, 240 pages, p 75
Railway stations in Somme (department)
Railway stations in France opened in 1847
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