Gare de Carentan is a railway station serving the town Carentan, Manche department, Normandy, northwestern France.
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It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway.
Gare de Carentan is a railway station serving the town Carentan, Manche department, Normandy, northwestern France.
It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway.
The station is served by regional trains to Cherbourg, Caen and Paris. [1]
| Preceding station | TER Normandie | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lison towards Paris-Saint-Lazare | Krono+ | Valognes towards Cherbourg | ||
| Lison towards Caen | Krono | |||
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