Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Stations

Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Stations

CFBS From Le Crotoy to Cayeux the stations are:

• Le Crotoy

50°13′12″N 1°37′53″E
This station is on the metre gauge branch from Noyelles, opened on 1 July 1887. There is a shed where the steam engines can be stored and light maintenance can be carried out.

• Favières

50°13′02″N 1°39′35″E
A small halt serving the village of Favières.

• Morlay

50°12′33″N 1°40′48″E
A small halt serving the village.

• Noyelles-sur-Mer

50°11′13″N 1°42′15″E
A station was opened at Noyelles in 1847, being on the standard gauge line between Boulogne and Amiens. In 1858 a single track branch opened to Saint-Valery sur Somme. Metre gauge branches opened to Le Crotoy and Cayeux in 1887, the latter being laid between the rails of the standard gauge branch to Saint-Valery. The final line to be built to Noyelles was a metre gauge branch to Forest l'Abbaye which opened on 24 August 1892 and closed to passengers on 10 March 1947 and freight on 1 February 1951.

• Saint-Valery Canal

50°10′34″N 1°39′08″E
This was the site of the original terminus of the standard gauge branch from Noyelles, opened on 5 June 1858. It is now the site of their depot, although some of the original buildings still survive.

• Saint-Valery Port

50°11′00″N 1°38′37″E
This was the main station for Saint-Valery when the dual gauge line was opened in 1887, the station at Saint-Valery Ville then being a halt.

• Saint-Valery Ville

50°10′44″N 1°38′38″E
This station opened on 6 September 1887. The station has always been dual gauge.

• Pendé Routhiauville

50°10′22″N 1°35′16″E
A small halt serving the villages of Pendé and Routhiauville.

• Lanchères Pendé

50°10′00″N 1°33′51″E
This station is on the metre gauge branch from Noyelles to Cayeux, it opened on 6 September 1887 and serves the villages of Lanchères and Pendé.

• Hurt

50°10′21″N 1°32′13″E
This halt was opened in 1890 after local people called for a station to be built.

• Cayeux (Brighton Plage)

50°10′47″N 1°30′03″E
This station is the terminus of the metre gauge branch from Noyelles. It opened on 6 September 1887. In 1912, a 54 metres (59 yd) extension was built to serve a 500 mm (19+3/4 in) or 600 mm (1 ft 11+5/8 in) gauge railway worked by horses to bring galets (flints) for onward shipment. Another short extension was also built at Cayeux after WWII to serve the Sansom factory, this was in use until the 1960s.

Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Overview

Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Built By: CF du Nord
Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Original Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) standard gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3/8 in) metre gauge
Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Owned By: Association du Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme
Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Operated By: Association du Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme
Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Preserved Gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1/2 in) standard gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3/8 in) metre gauge
Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Opened: 5 June 1858

Chemin de fer de la Baie de Somme Route Map

km
18      Cayeux Brighton-Plage
16      Hurt
          WWII line to Ault
13     Lanchères-Pendé
11     Pendé-Routhiauville
7       Saint-Valery Ville
6       Saint-Valery Port
         Somme Canal
7.4   Le Crotoy
5.6   Saint-Valery Canal
         Favières
         Ligne de 100 Jours
         Morlay
         to Forest l'Abbaye
0       Noyelles sur Mer
         SNCF Abbeville - Boulogne line