Caen station

Gare de Caen
General information
Owned by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Cherbourg railway
Platforms	7
Other information
Station code	87444000
History
Opened	1857; 166 years ago (1857)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
3,290,788 (2014)
Services
Preceding station TER Normandie Following station Lisieux towards Paris-Saint-Lazare Krono+ Bayeux towards Cherbourg Terminus Krono Mézidon towards Rouen-RD Mézidon towards Le Mans Bayeux towards Cherbourg Citi Bretteville-Norrey towards Granville Frénouville-Cagny towards Lisieux Proxi Mézidon towards Rouen-RD

Caen, Gare de l'Ouest or Gare Calvados, is the main and now only station serving the city of Caen, Normandy, France. The station stands on the main line from Paris to Cherbourg and although it mainly is an intercity station many regional trains use the station. Typical services link Caen to Lisieux, Paris, Rouen, Saint-Lô, Granville, Bayeux and Cherbourg.^[1] The station opened in 1857 with the arrival of the CF de l'Ouest line from Paris. The station was rebuilt by Henri Pacon in 1934.

Services

The following services call at Caen :

• Local services (TER Normandie) Cherbourg – Caen – Lisieux
• Local services (TER Normandie) Caen – Alençon – Le Mans
• Local services (TER Normandie) Caen – Lisieux – Bernay – Rouen
• Local services (TER Normandie) Caen – Lison – Saint-Lô – Avranches – Rennes

See also

• Caen Saint-Martin station (Caen à la Mer)
• Caen Saint-Pierre station (CF du Calvados)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Caen.

• Caen station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

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