Gare Maritime de Dieppe

Gare Maritime de Dieppe was a railway station in the town of Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and was built by CF de l'Ouest in 1874. The station was the station for passengers from Paris to Newhaven, by steamers and then ferries.

Steam ships began crossing the English Channel in 1816 and linked Dieppe to Brighton.

Dieppe Maritime Station.

From 1824, the General Steam Navigation Company began operations with two crossings per week. Its ships were 25m in length and possessed two large paddle wheels on its sides, they reached Brighton in 9 hours.

In 1841, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was opened to Brighton, and subsequently to Lewes and Newhaven. Newhaven rebuilt its harbour to welcome larger ships.

Railway arrived in Dieppe on 1 August 1848 and the then CF de Paris-Rouen was becoming interested in the GSNC and a joint venture with the LBSCR and Mr Marples (owner of the GSNC). Profits were then split three ways; 37% for Ouest, 44% for Marples and 19% for the LBSCR.

By 1859, profits had begun to diminish and both railway companies bought the maritime operations.

Gare Maritime was built on the quai Henri IV along with a small branch line from Dieppe Station along quai Duquesne, the trade and industry offices, fire station, the fishing syndicate and the fish market. the station building comprised one track either side of a red brick building.

The station was rebuilt on 17 June 1953 and in the 1960s, diesel traction began operation to and from the harbour station. Rail and ferry services ended in 1994 when Stena, at that time operating as Stena Sealink on the Newhaven-Dieppe and Dover-Calais crossings , transferred to a new terminal on the other side of the harbour. These changes coincided with the opening of the Channel Tunnel, and the concomitant withdrawal of all SNCF Channel boat trains.

The whole station was demolished in early 1995, with no physical traces remaining.

Ships from Dieppe Maritime

• Newhaven (1910)
• Sussex (1913)
• Worthing (1928–1955)
• Brighton (1933–1940)
• Londres (1939–1963)
• Arromanches (1947–1965)
• Falaise (1947–1973)
• [Lisieux][1](1953)
• Falaise (1964)
• Villandry (1964)
• Valençay (1964)
• Senlac (1973–1984)

References

External links

• Gare Maritime Photographs

Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 1°4′50″E / 49.92778°N 1.08056°E / 49.92778; 1.08056