The Gare de Serqueux is a railway station located in the commune of Serqueux

Serqueux, Seine-Maritime

Serqueux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A village situated at the source of the Epte river in the Pays de Bray, some southeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D 1314, D 13 and D 83 roads...

 in the Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...

 department, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. It is an interchange station

Interchange station

An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...

 between the Amiens

Gare d'Amiens

Gare d'Amiens is the main station for the Northern French city of Amiens.The station opened on 15 March 1847 when the line to Abbeville opened to passengers. The station building was subsequently replaced by the present structure following the allied bombardment and was built in 1955 by Auguste...

 - Rouen line and the Gisors

Gisors

Gisors is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located northwest from the center of Paris.Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 12,669 inhabitants...

 - Serqueux - Dieppe

Gare de Dieppe

Gare de Dieppe is the train station for the town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime and was built by Chemins de Fer de Paris à Cherbourg on 28 July 1848. It used to have a direct connection with Paris-St. Lazare via Serqueux and Gisors, but this line was closed in 2006. Along with Dieppe-Port, it was a stop...

 line.

History

The station also had a connection to Charleval

Charleval, Eure

Charleval is a commune in the Eure department in northern France.-History:Formerly known as Noyon-sur-Andelle, it was renamed Charleval in honour of King Charles IX.-Population:...

Serqueux, an important railway junction, was bombed in World War II

World War II

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. The church and part of the village were destroyed, but the station, with its architecture typical of the Nord company

Chemin de Fer du Nord

Chemin de Fer du Nord , often referred to simply as the Nord company, was a rail transport company created in September 1845, in Paris, France. It was owned by among others de Rothschild Frères of France, N M Rothschild & Sons of London, England, Hottinger, Laffitte and Blount...

, remained untouched.

In November 2006, the administrative tribunal ruled the closure of the Serqueux - Dieppe section of the Paris Saint-Lazare to Dieppe line to be illegal, but the SNCF

SNCF

The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

 had already dismantled the line installations. The right of way has been turned into a greenway

Greenway (landscape)

A greenway is a long, narrow piece of land, often used for recreation and pedestrian and bicycle user traffic, and sometimes for streetcar, light rail or retail uses.- Terminology :...

 between Beaubec-la-Rosière

Beaubec-la-Rosière

Beaubec-la-Rosière is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A forestry and farming village in the Pays de Bray, situated some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D35 and D1314 roads....

 and Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf

Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf

Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A village of farming and lakes, situated by the banks of the Bethune and Varenne Rivers in the Pays de Bray at the junction of the D1 and the D149 roads, some southeast of...

.

Current service

The station is served by TER

Ter

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 Haute-Normandie and TER Picardie

TER Picardie

TER Picardie is the regional rail network serving the Picardy region of France. It is based at the Gare d'Amiens in the town of Amiens.- Rail :- Road :- Multiple units:* SNCF Class Z 26500* SNCF Class X 4630* SNCF Class X 72500...

 trains from Rouen to Amiens and Lille

Gare de Lille-Flandres

Lille-Flandres is the main station of the city of Lille, France. It is a terminus for SNCF Intercity and regional trains and was named Flandres in 1993 when Lille-Europe station opened....

 and by TER Haute-Normandie coach

Coach (vehicle)

A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

es from Gisors to Dieppe.

Equipment

The station was electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current in the course of electrification of the Amiens - Rouen line. The initial section of the Gisors - Serqueux line, which is not yet electrified, is also equipped with catenaries. That line, affected by the government retrenchment of 2009 and closed to commercial traffic since 19 January 2009, could be rapidly modernised.

Renovation of the passenger facilities (work on the passage under the tracks and the carpark, repainting) was planned for 2009.