General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) station |
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Location
| Location: |
Amiens, Somme (80), Hauts-de-France, France |
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| Address: | 47, place Alphonse Fiquet |
| Part of: |
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| See also: |
Amiens Station Plaza Roof (2008)
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| Coordinates: | 49° 53' 26" N 2° 18' 32" E |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Amiens station (locally know as:Gare du Nord) is the main railway station for the Northern French city of Amiens.
History
The station opened on 15 March 1847 when the line to Abbeville opened to passengers. It was razed by German shelling in World War I, rebuilt but again destroyed by the Allied forces during World War II and was replaced by the present structure built in 1955 by Auguste Perret. A tower called the Tour Perret was built at the same time and is close to the station.
Amiens is both a terminus and a through station. The passenger concourse was built over the six platforms to facilitate passenger movement. Although the station front was built between adjoining buildings, the hall is as big as its Parisian counterparts.
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Participants
- Auguste Perret (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1958): La nouvelle gare d'Amiens. In: La Technique des Travaux, v. 34, n. 9-10 (September 1958), pp. 285-291.
- (2007): Patrimoine ferroviaire. Editions Scala, Paris (France), ISBN 9782866563943, pp. 80-97.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20015260 - Published on:
24/02/2005 - Last updated on:
23/08/2024
