Montérolier-Buchy station

The Gare de Montérolier-Buchy (Montérolier-Buchy station) is a railway station in the commune of Montérolier in the Seine-Maritime department, France and near Buchy. The station is a stop on the Amiens–Rouen railway, and is the terminus a line to Motteville. It was also the terminus of the branch line to Saint-Saëns, which has been closed and removed.

Gare de Montérolier-Buchy
View of the station from the tracks
Location	Montérolier
Coordinates	49°36′11″N 1°20′4″E
Owned by	RFF/SNCF
Line(s)	Amiens–Rouen railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2 + sidings
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Sommery toward Amiens TER Hauts-de-France 31 Longuerue-Vieux-Manoir toward Rouen-Rive-Droite

The station

Montérolier-Buchy is now an unmanned station. It has two platforms on either side of two passenger tracks, between which there is a metal footbridge (not handicap-accessible). Numerous sidings lie to the south of the station.

The station is served by TER Normandie and TER Hauts-de-France trains from Rouen to Amiens and Lille. In summer it is also served by TER Haute-Normandie trains linking Rouen to Le Tréport-Mers.

Connections

The station building still exists but is not open to the public

The station at the beginning of the 20th century

Montérolier-Buchy is the terminus for two branch lines:

• To Saint-Saëns: a 10.2 km shuttle local line closed in 1953 and since dismantled.
• To Motteville (freight only)

History

The station was heavily bombed during the Second World War, because it controlled a junction and the Amiens–Rouen line was of great importance to the German Army.

A plaque placed on the station forecourt commemorates the existence there from April to June 1945 of a reception station for deportees, prisoners and returning French obligatory workers being repatriated from Nazi Germany.

References

• Timetables TER Haute-Normandie (in French)

See also

• List of SNCF stations