Formerie station explained

Formerie
Address:Rue du Maréchal Joffre
60220 Formerie
Coordinates:49.6539°N 1.7222°W
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Owned:RFF/SNCF

Formerie is a railway station located in the commune of Formerie in the Oise department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France and TER Normandie trains from Amiens to Rouen.[1]

According to the SNCF, the station averaged 16 passengers per operating day in 2003.[2]

History

There was a munitions depot for the Army of the North at the station between the winter of 1915/16 and the end of the First World War.

Formerie was previously the interchange station to a metre gauge line of local interest linking Milly-sur-Thérain to Formerie via the Thérain valley. At Milly-sur-Thérain there was a connection to Beauvais on the Paris Nord - Le Tréport-Mers line. Opened on 22 October 1894, this line was closed to all traffic on 31 December 1935.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France. www.ter.sncf.com. fr. 20 April 2022.
  2. http://www.cr-picardie.fr/IMG/pdf/LV_04_-_CR_CL_Amiens_Rouen_08-11-04__2_.pdf Compte rendu, p. 2