The Gare d'Abbeville was built by the
Nord company in 1856 in regional seaside style. The station was formerly linked to
Lille by a line which ran between Abbeville and
Fives via
Béthune and
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise. The Abbeville - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise section closed in 1968. It was also formerly served by a
metre gauge local interest line to
Dompierre-sur-Authie, part of the
Réseau des Bains de Mer of the
Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme, which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed to passenger traffic in 1947. The building, which is timber faced with red brick, was declared a
historic monument on 28 December 1984. It was the last wooden station built in France until the
Meuse TGV in 2007. In 2006 Abbeville station won second prize in the special category for stations of the annual
Villes et Villages Fleuris contest, an award to recognise particularly attractive passenger accommodations and landscaping and which takes into account the integration of the station into its surroundings. In 2007 the
Communauté de communes de l'Abbevillois undertook renovations to convert the station into a more modern and welcoming multimodal facility. ==Station==