Elevation 139.8 m Line(s) Amiens–Rouen railway Opened 18 April 1867 | Owned by RFF/SNCF Tracks 2 | |
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Location 31 Avenue de la Gare,
80290 Poix-de-Picardie, France Platforms 2 (not handicap-accessible) | ||
The Gare de Poix-de-Picardie (Poix-de-Picardie station) is a railway station located in the commune of Poix-de-Picardie in the Somme department, France. The station is served by TER Haute-Normandie and TER Picardie trains from Amiens to Rouen.
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The station
The station is used more frequently than most along the 139 km long line, where passenger use is light. According to the SNCF it averaged 243 passengers per operating day in 2003. It is no longer manned; tickets are obtainable from a dispenser on platform 1.
On film
In 1968, the railway scenes for the film Le Cerveau by Gérard Oury starring André Bourvil, Jean-Paul Belmondo and David Niven were filmed on the line.
The SNCF also filmed an advertisement on passenger safety on the Poix viaduct in 2004. Mathieu Kassovitz directed.