Amifontaine station

Amifontaine station (French: Gare d'Amifontaine) is a 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 and served by TER Grand Est trains operated by the SNCF.

Amifontaine
SNCF railway station
Location02190 Amifontaine
Aisne
France
Coordinates49°29′05″N 3°54′38″E
Elevation74 m
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Reims-Laon railway
Distance27.949km
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station code87171744
History
Openedbetween 1861 and 1868
Passengers
201815,470
Services
TER Grand Est

In 2018, the SNCF recorded 15,470 passenger movements through the station.[1]

History

When the Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes opened the 52 km Reims-Laon railway in 1857,[2] the railway halt in Amifontaine had yet to be established.[3] The station was still absent from the line in 1861.[4] 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.[5] At the time the station served a population of 437 in Amifontaine only on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.[5]

Train services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Laon
TER Grand Est C10
toward Reims

References
  1. "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  2. Joanne, Adolphe (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). L. Hachette. p. 36.
  3. Palau, François; Palau, Maguy (1998). Le rail en France: 1852-1857 (in French). F. et M. Palau. p. 200.
  4. Joanne, Adolphe; Richard), Jean-Marie-Vincent Audin (pseud; Vincent), Audin (M , Jean Marie (1861). Guide du voyageur en France (in French). Hachette. p. 77.
  5. Joanne, Adolphe (1868). Itinéraire général de la France: Vosges et Ardennes (in French). L. Hachette. p. 671.
  6. "Fiche Horaire 10" (PDF). TER Grand Est.
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