TGV Haute-Picardie station

Haute-Picardie TGV station (French: Gare de TGV Haute-Picardie) is a railway station on the LGV Nord-Europe between Lille and Paris. Geographically, it is located about 10 km (6 mi) west of Péronne, between the towns of Saint Quentin and Amiens, in the heart of the Battle of the Somme territory.

Haute-Picardie TGV
TGV
SNCF
The station entrance
General information
LocationAblaincourt-Pressoir
Somme, Picardy
 France
Coordinates49°51′33″N 2°49′54″E
Elevation83 m
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)LGV Nord
Platforms2
Tracks4
Train operatorsTGV
Other information
Station code87313882
History
Opened3 July 1994 (1994-07-03)
Passengers
2016324 016
Location
Haute-Picardie TGV is located in France
Haute-Picardie TGV
Haute-Picardie TGV
Location within France

Overview

When built, it was criticised by the press for being too far from any of the neighbouring towns to be useful. It was located near a trunk road rather than a connecting railway line: it was often nicknamed la gare des betteraves, or 'sugar beet station', as it is surrounded by sugar beet fields, as it was the case for some rail stations in the countryside at the beginning of the twentieth century, when those vegetables were still transported almost exclusively by train to the nearest sugar refinery.

Today, the station is connected with the two local main cities, namely Amiens to the west and Saint Quentin to the east, by the A29 motorway – it takes around 30 minutes to reach either city and a bus shuttle service operates four times per day.[1]

The annual number of passengers varies from 360,000 to 400,000.

As a very small TGV station, from the point of view of watching the trains the platform is only a few metres from the main running lines, where trains pass by at 300 km/h (190 mph), and there is a good view of the lines in both directions. At most stations on high-speed lines there is some form of barrier preventing this close up viewing from the platform. Since 2013, passengers are not allowed onto the platforms until the arrival of the next stopping train, in order to avoid any risk of being hit by flying track ballast.

There is a business park close to the station.

References

  1. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2022.
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Arras TGV
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Nice-Ville
Lille-Europe
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Marseille
Lille-Europe
Terminus
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Bordeaux
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Rennes
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Nantes
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Montpellier
Arras
towards Lille-Europe
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Marseille
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Montpellier
Arras Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Bordeaux
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Marseille
Lille-Europe
Terminus
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Tourcoing
Terminus
Ouigo Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Bordeaux
Lille-Flandres
Terminus
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle
towards Marseille


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