Abbeville is a

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serving the town of

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, Somme department, in

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, northern

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. It is on the Longueau–Boulogne railway and is the terminus of the Abbeville–Eu railway. It is served principally by TER Hauts-de-France trains.Plan du réseau
TER Hauts-de-France, accessed 14 April 2022.

History

The Gare d'Abbeville was built by the Nord company in 1856 in regional seaside style. The station was formerly linked to

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by a line which ran between Abbeville and Fives via

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and

Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (, literally ''Saint-Pol on Ternoise''; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Saint-Po-su-Térnoèse'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in northern France. It is the seat of th ...

. The Abbeville - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise section closed in 1968. It was also formerly served by a

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local interest line to Dompierre-sur-Authie, part of the Réseau des Bains de Mer of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme'', which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed to passenger traffic in 1947. The building, which is timber faced with red brick, was declared a historic monument on 28 December 1984. It was the last wooden station built in France until the Meuse TGV in 2007. In 2006 Abbeville station won second prize in the special category for stations of the annual Villes et Villages Fleuris contest, an award to recognise particularly attractive passenger accommodations and landscaping and which takes into account the integration of the station into its surroundings. In 2007 the Communauté de communes de l'Abbevillois undertook renovations to convert the station into a more modern and welcoming multimodal facility.

Station

The building has a staffed ticket window as well as ticket machines and offers handicapped-accessible services.

Services

The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains (

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Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

line). Train services to Le Tréport were discontinued in 2018.SNCF : Abbeville - Le Tréport, symbole de la mort des petites lignes
France Info, 27 May 2018.

References

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