Évreux-Normandie: station history
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A station in the Eure, a former junction station at 92 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 107.325 of the Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg line, served by Intercités and TER Normandie trains. It was the starting point of two lines, towards Quetteville and towards Acquigny, both now declassified. Évreux formerly had two other dead-end stations: Évreux-Navarre, connected to the Quetteville line, and Évreux-Ville, connected to the Acquigny line. The official name published by SNCF Réseau is Évreux-Embranchement.
Anecdote
The station remains open to freight, for heavy trains only. Since timetabling was introduced, the Intercités Normandie between Cherbourg and Paris-Saint-Lazare do not stop at Évreux, but the station keeps one direct daily service to Cherbourg, without changing at Caen. A fresco decorates the concourse, and in 1987 a special train hauled by locomotive 230G 353 passed through the station.