Cherbourg station

Cherbourg
General information
Location	Cherbourg, Manche, Normandy, France
Coordinates	49°38′00″N 1°37′17″W
Line(s)	Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway
Other information
Station code	87444877

Gare de Cherbourg is the railway station of the city of Cherbourg, Normandy, France. It is the western terminus of the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway.

History

On 5 September 1850, the president Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte visited Cherbourg and demanded the continuation of work on the Arsenal. He also demanded the construction of a railway line linking Cherbourg to Paris. The construction of the line was approved in 1852. The station was opened on 4 August 1858 by Napoleon III who arrived on the imperial train from Paris.

At the time of opening, the trip to Paris took ten hours and cost 22.85 FrF for a third class ticket and 41.55 FrF for a first class ticket.

Queen Victoria visited the city and its station the same day and took part in the grandiose celebrations. The third dock of the Cherbourg Arsenal, 1 200 000m³ in size, was opened and a steam ship immediately sailed from it.

At the end of the day, a statue of Napoleon I on a horse by Armand Le Véel was unveiled.

Services

Cherbourg station is served by regional trains to Lison, Caen and Paris.[1]

Preceding station	TER Normandie			Following station
Valognes towards Paris-Saint-Lazare		Krono+		Terminus
Valognes towards Caen		Krono

	Ferry Connections
Terminus		Irish Ferries Ferry		Dublin Port
Terminus		Stena Line Ferry		Rosslare Europort
Terminus		Brittany Ferries Ferry		Poole

References

1. Plan du réseau, TER Normandie, accessed 14 April 2022.

External links

• Cherbourg station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)