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Opened
  
17 July 1858

Phone
  
+33 892 35 35 35

Gare de Cherbourg

Location
  
Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

Line(s)
  
Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway

Address
  
Avenue Jean François Millet, 50100 Cherbourg-Octeville, France

Similar
  
Gare de Lison, Gare de Carentan, Gare de Valognes, Gare de Saint‑Lô, Coutances

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

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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.

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References

Gare de Cherbourg Wikipedia