Poix-de-Picardie station

Poix-de-Picardie
General information
Location	31 Avenue de la Gare, 80290 Poix-de-Picardie, France
Coordinates	49°46′41″N 1°59′24″E / 49.77806°N 1.99000°E / 49.77806; 1.99000Coordinates: 49°46′41″N 1°59′24″E / 49.77806°N 1.99000°E / 49.77806; 1.99000
Elevation	139.8 m
Owned by	RFF/SNCF
Line(s)	Amiens–Rouen railway
Platforms	2 (not handicap-accessible)
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	87313395
Electrified	1984
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Namps-Quevauvillers toward Amiens TER Hauts-de-France 31 Fouilloy toward Rouen-Rive-Droite

Poix-de-Picardie is a railway station located in the commune of Poix-de-Picardie in the Somme department, France. The station is served by TER Normandie and TER Hauts-de-France trains from Amiens to Rouen.

The station[]

The station is used more frequently than most along the 139 km long line, where passenger use is light. According to the SNCF it averaged 243 passengers per operating day in 2003.^[1] It is no longer manned; tickets are obtainable from a dispenser on platform 1.

Poix railway viaduct being repaired during the First World War; the viaduct was destroyed three times during the two world wars

On film[]

In 1968, the railway scenes for the film Le Cerveau by Gérard Oury starring André Bourvil, Jean-Paul Belmondo and David Niven were filmed on the line.

The SNCF also filmed an advertisement on passenger safety on the Poix viaduct in 2004. Mathieu Kassovitz directed.

See also[]

• List of SNCF stations in Picardy

References[]

• Timetables TER Picardie (in French)

External links[]

• La gare de Poix-de-Picardie at Picardie Regional Council (in French)

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