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
History
Openedbetween 1861 and 1868
Traffic
Passengers (2018)15,470
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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