Cherbourg Maritime station
Cherbourg's Gare Maritime or Gare Maritime Transatlantique was a railway station at the end of the railway line from Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare and of the short branch from Cherbourg's main station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historic building
- Description: railway station in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
- Also known as: “Gare Maritime de Cherbourg” and “Gare maritime transatlantique”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cité de la Mer and French submarine Redoutable.
Cité de la Mer
Museum
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
The Cité de la Mer is a maritime museum in Cherbourg, France. The museum is in the cruise terminal of Cherbourg. This monument was built in 1933; it is one of the bigger art-deco monuments of today.
French submarine Redoutable
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Le Redoutable was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Marine nationale. Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE. French submarine Redoutable is situated 220 metres north of Cherbourg Maritime station.
Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg
Church
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Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg is a church, which is situated 610 metres southwest of Cherbourg Maritime station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and Octeville.
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherbourg is a port town at the north end of the Cotentin Peninsula in Manche, France. Cherbourg is located near the D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed in 1944 during World War II. The town was liberated by American troops shortly after that.
Octeville
Suburb
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Octeville is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southwest of Cherbourg Maritime station.
La Glacerie
Village
La Glacerie is a former commune in the Manche department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. La Glacerie is situated 5 km southeast of Cherbourg Maritime station.
Cherbourg Maritime station
- Categories: railway station, passenger terminal, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.64602° or 49° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.6173° or 1° 37′ 2″ westOpen location code
8CXWJ9WM+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 700694507OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q2618512
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Cherbourg Maritime station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Station Cherbourg-Maritime”
- Dutch: “station transatlantique de Cherbourg”
- Esperanto: “Cherbourg-Maritime”
- French: “gare maritime”
- French: “gare transatlantique de Cherbourg”
- French: “Gare transatlantique de Cherbourg”
- Japanese: “シェルブール臨港駅”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Honorary Consulate of Ireland and Jetée de Chantereyne.
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