The railway from Saint-Denis to Dieppe is a French 161-kilometre long

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line, that connected

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Dieppe Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...

on the

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coast. It was opened in several stages between 1846 and 1873. The part between

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and Serqueux was closed from 2009 to 2013, and the part between Serqueux and Arques-la-Bataille has been demolished.

Route

The Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway begins in the northern suburbs of Paris, near the Saint-Denis station, where it branches off the railway from Paris to Lille. It runs in generally northwestern direction, passing through

Pontoise Pontoise () is a commune north of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise. Administration Pontoise is the official (capital) of the Val-d'Oise '' département'', although in reality the ' ...

Gournay-en-Bray Gournay-en-Bray (, before 1962: ''Gournay'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy Regions of France, region in north-western France. Geography A ...

and Serqueux, where it crosses the Amiens–Rouen railway. The now demolished section beyond Serqueux passed through

Neufchâtel-en-Bray Neufchâtel-en-Bray (; Norman language, Norman: ''Neucâtel-en-Bray, Le Câtel'') is a Communes of France, commune situated in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department of the Normandy Regions of France, Region, northern France. The Ne ...

, and followed the river

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downstream until it reached its terminus Dieppe station.

Main stations

The main stations on the Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway are: * Saint-Denis station * Épinay–Villetaneuse station *

Ermont–Eaubonne station Ermont–Eaubonne is a railway station between Ermont and Eaubonne, in the department of Val-d'Oise, France. It is an interchange station for commuter traffic in the northwestern suburbs of Paris. It is situated on the railway from Paris to P ...

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* Gisors station * Serqueux station * Dieppe station

Services

The Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway is used by the following passenger services: * RER rapid transit between Ermont-Eaubonne and Pontoise *

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regional services from Paris to Persan-Beaumont, Pontoise, Luzarches and Gisors-Embranchement * TER Normandie regional services between Gisors-Embranchement and Serqueux.

References

External links

TER Normandie railway map
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