Le Tréport–Mers station
railway station in Le Tréport, France
The Le Tréport–Mers station (French pronunciation: [lə tʁepɔʁ mɛʁs]) is a railway station in the commune of Le Tréport in the Seine-Maritime department, France. It is only a few metres from Mers-les-Bains, which is in the Somme department.
Railway service
The Gare du Tréport-Mers is the terminus of the Paris–Beauvais–Abancourt–Le Tréport-Mers and the Abbeville–Le Tréport-Mers lines.
The station is served by ATER X 73500, XGC X 76500 and on occasions modernised X 4630 rollingstock. Every Sunday it is also served by a Corail train connecting it to Paris Gare du Nord. Train services to Abbeville were discontinued in 2018.
During the high season (from mid-June to the beginning of September), express TER Normandie trains run from Rouen on weekends and bank holidays and TER Hauts-de-France trains run from Laon and Amiens on Sundays and bank holidays.
History
The station was built in 1872 in classical style for the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Nord (Nord company) and opened on 11 May 1872 with the section of line to Longroy-Gamaches. In 1873 the line was extended to Abancourt, permitting the company to run "seaside trains" from Paris via Amiens.
The station was renamed Gare du Tréport-Mers in 1887 after the Syndicate of Property Owners of Mers petitioned for Mers to be mentioned on signs and posters.
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