Getting around by train Amiens

Located in the picard countryside, this station has set up shuttle buses to connect between the railway station and Amiens in 45 minutes. TGV makes a stop to connect the big cities, as well as the new low-cost lines Ouigo towards Marseille and Rennes.

Officially named "Gare du Nord", the station is actually only a few meters from the pedestrianized city center of Amiens. The three main connections are Amiens-Paris (1h05 direct), Amiens-Lille and Amiens-Rouen which serve on their routes many small Picardy villages (Poix-de-Picardie, Albert, Corbie, Ailly-sur-Noye...) which is very convenient for all those who live in the countryside and work in Amiens. To get to the Haute-Picardie TGV station, you have to take a shuttle bus from the bus station next door.

A small station, called "bifurcation", has an SNCF ticket vending machine and a ticket office. Trains that stop there have destinations such as Lille, Rouen, Abbeville, Calais, Abancourt and Albert. There is a car park in front of the building. It is a good solution for local residents. It was put into service in 1847 and heavily bombed during the Second World War. Pierre Dufau, the chief architect of the time, rebuilt it. For a long time without commercial staff, it has had a ticket office since 2008. In June 2020, the passenger building was listed as a historical monument.

In the summer of June, at the end of June, in order to offer the greatest number of opportunities to discover the Picard coastline while developing tourism, the Regional Council allows the smallest to take the train at reduced prices. Whether you live in Paris or Picardy, go for a day on the beach in the Sea-les-Bains, Le, Fort-Mahon, Quend-Plage, Le Crotoy, Cayeux-sur-Mer and Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme. On Saturday, Sunday and on public holidays you benefit from preferential rates, i. e. 50% on adult tickets, a package of 5 euros for children aged 4 to 12 and free for those under the age of 4, from all the stations in Picardie and Paris North.

SNCF is French society of railways. It is the only French railway company, but today the company has split into different branches to better meet the needs of its customers. Travellers and especially for the Amiénois, therefore have now the TER (regional express trains), managed largely by the Regional Councils, and the Intercités (formerly Coral) for journeys of medium distance, the TGV they leave from the station Haute-Picardie. One of the major assets of Amiens is probably the Parisian proximity to the train. Just over an hour to get to the capital, it's less long than some of the commuters in Ile-de-France should wait. And then the TGV line is only 40 minutes by bus to take you to Marseille, Bordeaux or even Rennes without correspondence. Perhaps one day France will see a new railway company coming into existence?