Guignicourt station (French: Gare de Guignicourt) is a railway station located in the commune Villeneuve-sur-Aisne and in the delegated commune of Guignicourt, department of Aisne, northern France. The station is located 500 m from the city center of Guignicourt at kilometric point (KP) 21.272 on the Reims-Laon railway. It is served by TER Grand Est trains between Reims and Laon (line C10) operated by the SNCF.[1]
Guignicourt   | |||||||||||
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| Location | Place de la gare Guignicourt 02190 Villeneuve-sur-Aisne Aisne France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°26′05″N 3°57′41″E / 49.43486°N 3.96135°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 67 m | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Reims-Laon railway | ||||||||||
| Distance | 21.272 km | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (+ service tracks) | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87171736 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 August 1857 | ||||||||||
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| 2018 | 122,047 | ||||||||||
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In 2018, the SNCF estimated that 122,047 passengers travelled through the station.[2]
History
editOn 31 August 1857, the Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes commenced passenger operations on the 52km Reims-Laon railway, on which the station is situated.[3] Freight services commenced a couple of months later on 15 October 1857.
On 23 October 2014, during SNCF construction work near the station, deminers disposed of 342 German World War I shells.[4]
References
edit- ^ 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; Audin, Jean-Marie-Vincent (1861). Guide du voyageur en France. p. 77.
- ^ "Guignicourt (02) : deux à trois tonnes d'obus près de la gare". France 3 Grand Est (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
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