Gare d'Abbeville, Railway station and historic monument in Abbeville, France.
Gare d'Abbeville is a railway station on the Longueau–Boulogne line, about 800 metres from the centre of Abbeville. Its passenger building, opened in 1862, mixes red brick, pale stone and white trim: pointed gables and arched windows on the left, a broader central section with a flat-roofed canopy over the tracks, and a lower right wing with tall rectangular windows. The name "ABBEVILLE" is fixed in dark capitals near the top right corner of the facade.
Construction of the current station began in 1855, replacing a temporary structure that had served the line since 1847, and trains ran regularly from 1862. The facade was updated in 1912 to match the architectural tastes of the time.
The station's name comes from the town it serves. The building's timber frame faced with red brick echoes the seaside villas of Mers-les-Bains, a regional style chosen partly to satisfy military authorities who wanted a light structure near the fortifications. In 2006 the station took second prize in a special category of the Villes et Villages Fleuris contest, recognising its landscaping and integration into the surroundings.
The station is close to the center of Abbeville and easy to reach on foot from most of the old town. Since it is a working station, some areas may be off-limits depending on train activity at the time of your visit.
The station building is timber-framed and faced with red brick, a construction chosen partly to satisfy the military authority that controlled the land. Jean-Marie Duthilleul called it the last wooden station built in France until Meuse TGV in 2007. In 2006 it took second prize in a Villes et Villages Fleuris contest category for stations.
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