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Courseulles-sur-Mer station

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Railway station in Normandy, France
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Gare de Courseulles-sur-Mer.

Courseulles was a railway station in Courseulles-sur-Mer at the end of the CF Caen-Mer, terminus of trains from Caen and Luc-sur-Mer.

The station and extension of the line opened in July 1876 and doubling of the track with the addition of a third rail for 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge trains (Chemins de fer du Calvados) in 1900. The station closed in 1952.

The station was situated Place du 6 Juin (current name) next to the Hôtel de Paris and the fishing harbour on the Seulles. the standard gauge railway ended whilst the 600 mm gauge line continued to Bayeux.


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49°20′5″N 0°27′27″W / 49.33472°N 0.45750°W / 49.33472; -0.45750


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