Initial commissioning 1875 (≈ 1875)
Opening by the Northern Railway Company.
1938
Integration with SNCF
Integration with SNCF 1938 (≈ 1938)
National railway management.
1944–1947
Reconstruction by Dufau
Reconstruction by Dufau 1944–1947 (≈ 1946)
Modernist style after the 1944 bombings.
avril 2008
Reopening of the window
Reopening of the window avril 2008 (≈ 2008)
Return of commercial service after 15 years.
24 juin 2020
Historical monument classification
Historical monument classification 24 juin 2020 (≈ 2020)
Protection of the building and its furniture.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The Saint-Roch station, in full for the central body (including the bench of the waiting room and the balance of the instructions as buildings by destination) and facades and roofs for the two side pavilions, located Place du Maréchal Foch, appearing in the cadastre section HZ, parcel 72, as delimited on the plan annexed to the decree: inscription by order of 24 June 2020
Key figures
Pierre Dufau - Chief Architect
Reconstructs the station in modernist style (1944–1947).
Albert Roze - Sculptor
Contributed to the decorations of the facade.
Émile Morlaix - Sculptor
Collaborator with exterior decorative elements.
Origin and history
The Saint-Roch d'Amiens station, opened in 1875 by the Northern Railway Company, was designed to respond to the increase in rail traffic and serve the Friant Barracks. Integrated into the SNCF network in 1938, it became a major railway node with three bifurcated lines, including those to Darnétal and Frévent. Its role extended to the departmental railways of the Somme (1891–1948) and to the local tramway (until 1940).
The station was destroyed during the First and Second World Wars, particularly in 1918 and 1944. The architect Pierre Dufau, responsible for the reconstruction of Amiens after 1945, gave him his present appearance (1944–1947) by mixing modernism (concrete, glass, bricks) and classical elements preserved. The sculptures of Albert Roze and Émile Morlaix adorn the facades, while the interior, intact, reflects optimized traffic for travellers.
Ranked a historic monument in 2020, the station illustrates the architecture of reconstruction, with its central glass body and its preserved side pavilions. After a period without staff (until 2008), it found a window and remained served by TER Hauts-de-France trains. Its beam of tracks, formerly dedicated to the Friant barracks, is now partially broken.
The building, located Place du Marshal Foch, also symbolizes the Amiens railway star, with four active branches out of eight originally planned. Its inscription protects the entire central body, the facades of the pavilions, as well as interior elements such as the bench of the waiting room and the balance of instructions, witnesses to its historical use.
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