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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: smaller;">Image:Gare-cherbourg.jpg <tr><th>Services</th><td>TER Basse Normandie</td></tr> <tr><th>Région</th><td>Basse-Normandie</td></tr><tr><th>Départment</th><td>Manche</td></tr><tr><th>Municipality</th><td>Cherbourg-Octeville</td></tr>

Cherbourg

Station Information
Location

Gare de Cherbourg is the railway station of the city of Cherbourg, France.

On 5 September 1850, the president Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte visited Cherbourg and demanded the continuation of work on the Arsenal. He also demanded the construction of a railway line linking Cherboug to Paris. The construction of the line was approved in 1852.

The station was opened on 4 August 1858 by Napoleon III who arrived on the imperial train from Paris.

At the time of opening, the trip to Paris took ten hours and cost 22.85 FrF for a third class ticket and 41.55 FrF for a first class ticket.

Queen Victoria visited the city and its station the same day and took part in the grandiose celebrations. The third dock of the Cherbourg Arsenal, 1 200 000m³ in size, was opened and a steam ship immediately sailed from it.

At the end of the day, a statue of Napoleon I on a horse by Armand Le Véel was unveiled.