Amifontaine station

Amifontaine
General information
Location	02190 Amifontaine Aisne, France
Coordinates	49°29′05″N3°54′38″E / 49.48471°N 3.91056°E / 49.48471; 3.91056
Elevation	74 m
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Reims–Laon railway
Distance	27.949km
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	87171744
History
Opened	between 1861 and 1868
Passengers
2018	15,470
Services
Preceding station TER Grand Est Following station Saint-Erme towards Laon C10 Guignicourt towards Reims
Location

Amifontaine station (French: Gare d'Amifontaine) is a French railway station located in the commune of Amifontaine, in the department of Aisne, northern France. The station is situated at kilometric point (KP) 27.949 on the Reims-Laon railway. It is served by TER Grand Est trains between Reims and Laon (line C10) operated by the SNCF. ^[1]

In 2018, the SNCF recorded 15,470 passenger movements through the station. ^[2]

History

When the Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes opened the 52 km Reims-Laon railway in 1857, ^[3] the railway halt in Amifontaine had yet to be established. ^[4] The station was still absent from the line in 1861. ^[5] However, by 1868, the French writer Adolphe Joanne indicated the station was in operation in his book Itinéraire général de la France : Vosges et Ardennes. ^[6] At the time the station served a population of 437 in Amifontaine only on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. ^[6]

See also

• List of SNCF stations in Hauts-de-France

References

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 (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). L. Hachette. p. 36.
4. Palau, François; Palau, Maguy (1998). Le rail en France: 1852-1857 (in French). F. et M. Palau. p. 200.
5. Joanne, Adolphe; Richard), Jean-Marie-Vincent Audin (pseud; Vincent), Audin (M, Jean Marie (1861). Guide du voyageur en France (in French). Hachette. p. 77.
6. Joanne, Adolphe (1868). Itinéraire général de la France: Vosges et Ardennes (in French). L. Hachette. p. 671.