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Guignicourt station

Coordinates: 49°26′05″N 3°57′41″E / 49.43486°N 3.96135°E / 49.43486; 3.96135
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Guignicourt SNCF TER
SNCF railway station
General information
LocationPlace de la gare
Guignicourt
02190 Villeneuve-sur-Aisne
Aisne
France
Coordinates49°26′05″N 3°57′41″E / 49.43486°N 3.96135°E / 49.43486; 3.96135
Elevation67 m
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Reims-Laon railway
Distance21.272 km
Platforms2
Tracks2 (+ service tracks)
Other information
Station code87171736
History
Opened31 August 1857
Passengers
2018122,047
Services
Preceding station TER Grand Est Following station
Amifontaine
towards Laon
C10 Aguilcourt—Variscourt
towards Reims

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]

The station's platforms

In 2018, the SNCF estimated that 122,047 passengers travelled through the station.[2]

History

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On 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

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  1. ^ Le réseau TER Fluo, TER Grand Est, accessed 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  3. ^ Joanne, Adolphe; Audin, Jean-Marie-Vincent (1861). Guide du voyageur en France. p. 77.
  4. ^ "Guignicourt (02) : deux à trois tonnes d'obus près de la gare". France 3 Grand Est (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-21.