Pont-Remy station explained

Pont-Remy
Coordinates:50.0472°N 1.8989°W
Owned:RFF/SNCF

Pont-Remy is a railway station in the town Pont-Remy, Somme department, region Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is situated on the Longueau–Boulogne railway, between Amiens and Abbeville. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains (Abbeville - Amiens - Albert line).[1]

In 1903, the station witnessed the arrest of three leaders of the bande à Jacob (Jacob's band), a gang of anarchists (Marius Jacob, Pélissard and Félix Bour). After a car pursuit (one of the first in France) between Abbeville and this station, a shooting ensued in which a police agent (agent Anquier) was killed.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France. www.ter.sncf.com. fr. 20 April 2022.
  2. Cf. Abbeville d'autrefois, p. 75 and Alex Jacob Pourquoi j'ai cambriolé (Why did I burglarize?) at Infokiosques, 1905, posted on October 2005, retrieved on January 2007