Bitche station


The Gare de Bitche, formerly Gare de Bitche-Ville, is a railway station on the Haguenau–Hargarten-Falck line, located in the town of Bitche in the French department of Moselle.
It was opened in by the Chemins de fer de l'Est and closed in by the SNCF along with the Sarreguemines–Bitche section of the railway line.

Location

The junction station of Bitche is at an altitude of 307 metres and located at the kilometre point of 44.957 on the Haguenau–Hargarten-Falck line between the stations of Bitche Camp and Lemberg.

History

Bitche station was opened on by the Chemins de fer de l'Est along with the section of the railway from Niederbronn to Sarreguemines. The railway section between Bitche and Niederbronn has been closed off in and has remained disused since. The Sarreguemines–Bitche section has had a substitute road service since following land subsidence and then performance that did not meet the expectation of the Regional Council of Lorraine.
The station building and the railway line are fully and permanently closed. The railway line has been replaced by a TER Lorraine bus line.

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