Amifontaine station
Amifontaine station (French: Gare d'Amifontaine) is a French railway station located in the commune of Amifontaine, in the department of Aisne, northern France. The station is situated at kilometric point (KP) 27.949 on the Reims-Laon railway. It is served by TER Grand Est trains between Reims and Laon (line C10) operated by the SNCF.[1]
Amifontaine   | |||||||||||
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| SNCF railway station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 02190 Amifontaine Aisne France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°29′05″N 3°54′38″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 74 m | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Reims-Laon railway | ||||||||||
| Distance | 27.949km | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87171744 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | between 1861 and 1868 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 15,470 | ||||||||||
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In 2018, the SNCF recorded 15,470 passenger movements through the station.[2]
History
When the Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes opened the 52 km Reims-Laon railway in 1857,[3] the railway halt in Amifontaine had yet to be established.[4] The station was still absent from the line in 1861.[5] However, by 1868, the French writer Adolphe Joanne indicated the station was in operation in his book Itinéraire général de la France : Vosges et Ardennes.[6] At the time the station served a population of 437 in Amifontaine only on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.[6]
References
- Le réseau TER Fluo, TER Grand Est, accessed 28 April 2022.
- "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- Joanne, Adolphe (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). L. Hachette. p. 36.
- Palau, François; Palau, Maguy (1998). Le rail en France: 1852-1857 (in French). F. et M. Palau. p. 200.
- Joanne, Adolphe; Richard), Jean-Marie-Vincent Audin (pseud; Vincent), Audin (M , Jean Marie (1861). Guide du voyageur en France (in French). Hachette. p. 77.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Joanne, Adolphe (1868). Itinéraire général de la France: Vosges et Ardennes (in French). L. Hachette. p. 671.