Guignicourt | |
Type: | SNCF railway station |
Address: | Place de la gare Guignicourt 02190 Villeneuve-sur-Aisne |
Borough: | Aisne |
Country: | France |
Coordinates: | 49.4349°N 3.9614°W |
Elevation: | 67 m |
Owned: | SNCF |
Operator: | SNCF |
Lines: | Reims-Laon railway |
Distance: | 21.272 km |
Platforms: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 (+ service tracks) |
Opened: | 31 August 1857 |
Passengers: | 122,047 |
Pass Year: | 2018 |
Guignicourt station (French: Gare de Guignicourt) is a railway station located in the commune Villeneuve-sur-Aisne and in the delegated commune of Guignicourt, department of Aisne, northern France. The station is located 500 m from the city center of Guignicourt at kilometric point (KP) 21.272 on the Reims-Laon railway. It is served by TER Grand Est trains between Reims and Laon (line C10) operated by the SNCF.[1] In 2018, the SNCF estimated that 122,047 passengers travelled through the station.[2]
On 31 August 1857, the Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes commenced passenger operations on the 52km Reims-Laon railway, on which the station is situated.[3] Freight services commenced a couple of months later on 15 October 1857.
On 23 October 2014, during SNCF construction work near the station, deminers disposed of 342 German World War I shells.[4]