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
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
History
Electrified	1984
Services
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station Saint-Roch (Somme) towards Lille-Flandres Krono K45 Abancourt towards Rouen-RD Namps-Quevauvillers towards Amiens Proxi P24 Fouilloy towards Abancourt Saint-Roch (Somme) towards Amiens Proxi P45 Abancourt towards Rouen-RD

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.^[1]

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.^[2] It is no longer staffed; 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 Hauts-de-France

References

1. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
2. Compte rendu, p. 2 Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Comité de ligne Amiens/Rouen, SNCF, 8 novembre 2004 (pdf) (in French) "Hormis Poix-de-Picardie, les chiffres de fréquentation enregistrés entre Amiens et Formerie restent très faibles".

External links

• Poix-de-Picardie station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)