Credits: Lina Taravella
Caption: 2022 septembre
Credits: Lina Taravella
Caption: 2022 septembre
Credits: Lina Taravella
Caption: 2022 septembre
Credits: Lina Taravella
Caption: 2022 septembre
Credits: Lina Taravella
Caption: 2022 septembre
Location type
Categories
Environment
Countryside,
Roadside,
Village
General presentation
The Acquigny railway station is a closed railway station, located in the commune of Acquigny, in the Eure department of the Normandy region.
It had three tracks and two platforms; only one track remains today.
The original passenger building is still there, but it has been reused and now houses a computer company.
The spectacular scene of two trains colliding in the film The Train (American film by John Frankenheimer) was filmed in 1964 using seven cameras at Acquigny station.
Location Condition Type
Overgrown
Location History
Acquigny station was opened on 10 May 1872, with the simultaneous opening of the Évreux-Embranchement to Acquigny line (previously declared to be in the public interest on 1 May 1869), and the Louviers to Acquigny section of the Saint-Georges-Motel to Grand-Quevilly line (declared to be in the public interest on 1 May 1869). The section between Saint-Georges-Motel and Acquigny was opened on 1 May 1873, but it was not until 8 January 1883 that Acquigny was connected to Rouen-Orléans station
The passenger service between Évreux and Acquigny was discontinued on 1 March 1940, and between Bueil, Acquigny and Louviers on 1 July 1950. The tracks were never decommissioned so they remain at Acquigny.
The passenger service between Évreux and Acquigny was discontinued on 1 March 1940, and between Bueil, Acquigny and Louviers on 1 July 1950. The tracks were never decommissioned so they remain at Acquigny.