La Gare de Quend - Fort-Mahon

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At the request of the town of Quend, which provided the land required and assumed responsibility for the earthworks and part of the cost of the work, the "Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Nord" (Northern Railway Company) created a stop in 1893 between the stations of Rue and Conchil-le-Temple on the line of Paris-Amiens-Boulogne-sue-Mer. It installed a signal house with a waiting room and an office.
In June 1894, the town council request the conversion of the halt to a full station with a freight service in connection with the farming sector, but also the resorts that had been created at Quend-Plage and Fort-Mahon-Plage. A station building was built by the Northern Railway Company in 1902-1903.
The station closed in the 1950s.

© Stephen Ramsay 2016