Formerie station

Formerie
The station in the early 20th century
General information
Location	Rue du Maréchal Joffre 60220 Formerie
Coordinates	49°39′14″N 1°43′20″E / 49.65389°N 1.72222°E / 49.65389; 1.72222Coordinates: 49°39′14″N 1°43′20″E / 49.65389°N 1.72222°E / 49.65389; 1.72222
Owned by	RFF/SNCF
Line(s)	Amiens–Rouen railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	87313833
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Abancourt toward Amiens TER Hauts-de-France 31 Serqueux toward Rouen-Rive-Droite

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.

According to the SNCF, the station averaged 16 passengers per operating day in 2003.^[1]

History[]

Arrival of the branch line train from Milly (left), postcard franked 1916

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[]

• List of SNCF stations in Picardy

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Formerie.

• Timetables TER Picardie (in French)