Editing Amiens (section)

===Transport===
Amiens is a [[Transport hub|hub]] between the [[Île-de-France (region)|Île de France]] and the rest of northern France; [[Normandy]] and [[Benelux]]; and France and Great Britain. Amiens is not directly on principal European road and rail arteries, such as the [[A1 autoroute (France)|A1 motorway]] and the Paris-Lille [[TGV]] train line, at present.

However, due to its position halfway between the urban areas of Lille and Paris, Amiens has good conditions for service and accessibility, including motorways (at the junction of the [[A16 autoroute|A16]] and [[A29 autoroute|A29]]).

==== Rail ====
[[Amiens station]] is served by regional train services to destinations that include Rouen, Calais, Lille, Reims, Compiègne and Paris-Nord. [[Saint-Roch (Somme) station]] in the western part of the city is served by local trains towards Rouen and Abbeville. A regular bus route with the [[Gare TGV Haute-Picardie|TGV Haute-Picardie station]] also provides access to the [[Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV|Charles-de-Gaulle Airport station]]. On the horizon of 2025,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/picardie/2015/02/20/sncf-le-tgv-arrivera-t-il-un-jour-amiens-659253.html|title=SNCF : quels sont les chantiers prévus en Picardie en 2015 ?|first1=Nathalie|last1=Tissot|date=20 February 2015|publisher=[[France 3 Picardie]]}}</ref> the [[Roissy–Picardie Link]] will put Amiens 55 minutes from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport and its TGV station.

By train, Amiens is located at:

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* 1 hour 5 minutes from Paris (16 round-trip trains per day)
* 1 hour 15 minutes from Lille
* 1 hour 15 minutes from Rouen
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* 2 hours 30 minutes from Brussels
* 3 hours 30 minutes from Lyon
* 3 hours from London
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====Roads====
Since antiquity, Amiens has been a crossroads of important routes. The contemporary city is served by the [[A16 autoroute|A16]] and [[A29 autoroute|A29]] autoroutes. The [[Jules Verne Viaduct]], {{convert|943|m|ft}} long, crosses the [[River Somme]] to the east of the city and allows circumvention of the city by motorway-type roads. The A16 and A29 autoroutes, the RN1 and the RN25 form a bypass-type motorway around the city that the population has called the {{interlanguage link|Rocade d'Amiens|fr|italic=yes}} or Amiens ring road. Initially constituting national roads which are downgraded today, mostly as departmental roads, the greater urban area of Amiens is served by:

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* [[Route nationale 1|RN 1]] to [[Beauvais]] and Paris, to the South, and towards [[Abbeville]], [[Calais]], [[Dunkirk]] and the Belgian border, northwest.
* [[Route nationale 25|RN 25]] towards [[Doullens]], [[Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise]] and [[Arras]]
* [[Route nationale 29|RD 1029]] towards [[Yvetot]] and [[Neufchâtel-en-Bray]] to the west, [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|Saint-Quentin]] and [[La Capelle]] in the east.
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* [[Route nationale 29|RD 929]] to [[Albert, Somme|Albert]] and [[Bapaume]] and [[Cambrai]].
* {{interlanguage link|Route nationale 35|fr|3=Route nationale 35 (France)|lt=RD 935}} towards [[Compiègne]].
* {{interlanguage link|Route nationale 319|fr|3=Route nationale 319|lt=RD 919}} to [[Mailly-Maillet]] and [[Arras]].
* {{interlanguage link|Route nationale 333|fr|3=Route nationale 333|lt=RD 933}} to [[Bernaville]] and [[Auxi-le-Château]].
* {{interlanguage link|Route nationale 334|fr|3=Route nationale 334|lt=RD 934}} to [[Roye, Somme|Roye]] and [[Noyon]].
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Amiens is served by several motorways:
* [[A16 autoroute|A16]] to [[Calais]] via [[Abbeville]] and [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]]
* A16 to Paris via [[Beauvais]]
* [[A29 autoroute|A29]] to [[Rouen]] and [[Le Havre]] via [[Neufchâtel-en-Bray]]
* A29 to [[Reims]] via [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|Saint-Quentin]] and [[Laon]]
* The proposed A24 autoroute from Amiens to [[Lille]] via [[Doullens]] was cancelled in 2006.

====Parking====
[[File:Parking-amiens.png|thumb|300px|Map of parking in the city center of Amiens in 2009{{colbegin|colwidth=10em}}{{legend|#0000fd|Town Hall}}{{legend|#40fc00|Halles}}{{legend|#ffdb2d|Jacobins}}{{legend|#2de9ff|Trois Cailloux}}{{legend|#f80521|Saint-Leu}}{{legend|#f8b934|Amiens 2}}{{legend|#effd00|Perret}}{{legend|#444444|Free outdoor parking}}{{colend}}]]

According to the [[Local transport plan|urban transport plan]] (PDU) approved 19 December 2013 for the period 2013–2023 parking supply is considered abundant in Amiens.<ref name="PDU">{{cite web|url=http://fr.calameo.com/read/00120283528d25dba53b8 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140523132209/http://fr.calameo.com/read/00120283528d25dba53b8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2014 |title=PDU – Plan de déplacements urbains – Amiens Métropole – 2013–2023 |date=19 December 2013 |publisher=amiens.fr }}</ref> Although important, demand for parking is less than what is available (capacity reserves are still 20% minimum: If the road is sometimes saturated, the occupancy rate of the underground parking remains globally less than 100%).<ref name="PDU" />

In 2013, the city counted approximately 70,000 public parking spaces, including 8,400 in the city center and in its immediate vicinity, where 70% of places are paid.<ref name="PDU" />
* 4,400 spaces on highways (1,950 in the inner city, including 1,600 paid)
* 4,000 spaces in underground parking (620 other new places are programmed in a project for the Gare La Vallée development zone).

{{As of|2007}}, a residential parking system has been deployed in Saint-Anne ward to cope with congestion in the streets caused by [[Gare d'Amiens|SNCF railway station]] users. During the campaign for the [[2008 French municipal elections|municipal election of 2008]], parking was one of the important topics of debate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/le-difficile-pari-de-demailly_725298.html|title=Le difficile pari de Demailly|first1=Jacques|last1=Trentesaux|work=L'Express|date=16 October 2008}}</ref> A year after the change of majority, the {{interlanguage link|Gilles Demailly|fr}} team launched a consultation with the population.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Delphine|last1=Richard|title=Le stationnement en huit questions|work=Le Courrier picard|date=9 March 2009|url=http://courrier-picard.fr/courrier/Actualites/Info-locale/Amiens-et-Metropole/Le-stationnement-en-huit-questions|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602192135/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/courrier/Actualites/Info-locale/Amiens-et-Metropole/Le-stationnement-en-huit-questions|archive-date=2 June 2015}}</ref> From 2011, residential parking was extended to the Gare-La-Vallée and Riolan neighborhoods, then in 2012 to the Noyon neighborhood and the area east of the Riolan sector. In 2014, 2,600 parking spaces<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiens.fr/actualite/3232/stationnement-residentiel.html|title=Stationnement résidentiel|date=21 August 2014|publisher=amiens.fr|access-date=21 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826131234/http://www.amiens.fr/actualite/3232/stationnement-residentiel.html|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> were affected by this system which allowed city residents more parking near their homes in order to promote a better rotation of vehicles in the streets and reduce permanent occupation of public space by the cars cluttering the highway.

====Public transport====
Amiens was once served by {{interlanguage link|Former tramway of Amiens|fr|3=Ancien tramway d'Amiens|lt=two tram lines}} with a combined length of {{convert|10.7|km|mi}}, opened in 1887. They intersected at ''Place Gambetta'', one linking {{interlanguage link|Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|fr|3=Cimetière de La Madeleine (Amiens)|lt=La Madeleine Cemetery}}, the [[Abbaye de Saint-Acheul|Church of Saint-Acheul]], Cagnard bridge, ''Rue de Noyon'' and ''Rue Jules-Barni''; the other from the Church of Saint-Pierre at the racecourse, by the streets of Saint-Leu, Frédéric-Petit and Colbert. Electrified in 1899, the network grew to seven lines totaling {{convert|19|km|mi}} in 1906. From 1932, [[Longueau]] was linked to Amiens by a bus service. German bombing in 1940 destroyed most of the city center and hit the Jules-Ferry Road tram depot, totally destroying the tram fleet. Only the Longueau bus survived. A few old Parisian buses were also used in an extremely reduced service. These buses as well as the surviving bus were then converted to city gas and equipped with tanks on the roof covered by a huge white dome. This service continued until approximately 1946. There were only two urban lines: An east–west line (Saint-Acheul – Montieres) and a northeast–southwest line (Beauville – road to Rouen). It was decided after the war to serve the city by a [[trolleybus]] with one route to Longueau. This was only in part realized, serving Saint-Acheul, Rouen, La Madeleine and Saint-Pierre. In 1964, trolleybuses were abandoned and the bus became ubiquitous in Amiens transportation.<ref>Jean-Marie Fouré, ''Amiens, du tram au bus'', édition du Moulin-Alidor.</ref>

The current {{interlanguage link|Public transport in Amiens|fr|3=Transports en commun d'Amiens|lt=public transport network}} consists of a bus network managed by the Ametis {{interlanguage link|Société d'économie mixte|fr|3=Société d'économie mixte|lt=mixed economy company}}, whose network covers [[Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole|Amiens Métropole]], the agglomeration of Amiens. The establishment of dedicated [[bus lane]]s began in 2006. Former Mayor [[Gilles de Robien]] had envisioned the {{interlanguage link|Tramway of Amiens|fr|3=Tramway d'Amiens|lt=creation of a tram}}, but the choice of dedicated [[bus lane]]s had been preferred for reasons of cost and patronage. His successor, Mayor {{interlanguage link|Gilles Demailly|fr}}, had been considering the development of a {{tooltip|2=Transport en commun en site propre (public transport in a dedicated site)|TSCP}} in the metropolitan area. As a result of numerous studies and conferences, elected representatives voted for the creation of a tram at the municipal Council of 15 November 2012. The project had been endorsed by the [[Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole]] on 18 December 2012 and the commissioning of a first north–south tram route was scheduled for 2018/2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amiens.fr/nos_projets/tcsp.html|title=Le TCSP, atout majeur de qualité de vie et d'attractivité pour Amiens Métropole.|work=amiens.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729040327/http://amiens.fr/nos_projets/tcsp.html|archive-date=29 July 2012}}</ref> Following the {{interlanguage link|2014 municipal election in Amiens|fr|3=Élection municipale de 2014 à Amiens|lt=elections of 2014}}, which were a defeat for most municipal and community carriers of the project, the new mayor of Amiens [[Brigitte Fouré]], and by extension the new president of Amiens Métropole [[Alain Gest]], decided to suspend the project at least during the time of their respective mandates, thus applying a campaign promise (the tram was at the heart of debate)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/le-tramway-amienois-toujours-au-coeur-des-debats-ia167b0n347017|title=ALe tramway amiénois toujours au cœur des débats|work=Le Courrier picard|date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411140850/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/le-tramway-amienois-toujours-au-coeur-des-debats-ia167b0n347017|archive-date=11 April 2014}}</ref> and despite a project announcement of [[Guided bus|trams on tyres]] (of [[Bombardier Guided Light Transit|TVR]] type).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://picardie.france3.fr/2014/04/11/amiens-80-aucune-forme-de-tram-pendant-mon-mandat-selon-brigitte-foure-457241.html|title=Amiens (80): "Aucune forme de tram pendant mon mandat" selon Brigitte Fouré|work=picardie.france3.fr|date=11 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/amiens-pas-de-tramway-durant-le-mandat-de-brigitte-foure-ia201b0n348563|title=AMIENS Pas de tramway durant le mandat de Brigitte Fouré selon un tweet|work=courrier-picard.fr|date=11 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223036/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/amiens-pas-de-tramway-durant-le-mandat-de-brigitte-foure-ia201b0n348563|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref> Improvement of public transit would then be only by that of the bus network. Indeed, in December of the same year, the Community Council approved funding for a study (the sixth in 20 years)<ref>{{cite web|first1=Delphine|last1=Richard|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/amiens-tant-d-etudes-pour-rester-a-quai-carte-ia167b0n492280|title=AMIENS Tant d'études pour rester à quai|work=courrier-picard.fr|date=28 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104080730/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/amiens-tant-d-etudes-pour-rester-a-quai-carte-ia167b0n492280|archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> relating to the establishment of a [[Bus rapid transit|rapid transit]] bus network (BHNS), which should enter into service in March 2019, and whose vehicles could be electric.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Estelle|last1=Thiébault|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/amiens-le-bus-a-haut-niveau-de-service-avance-ia167b0n488910|title=AMIENS Le bus à haut niveau de service avance|work=courrier-picard.fr|date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225033431/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/amiens-le-bus-a-haut-niveau-de-service-avance-ia167b0n488910|archive-date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

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LL 35 - AMIENS - La Place Gambetta (couleur, 2 trams dt le 30).jpg|The ''Place Gambetta'': An important hub of the former tram network of Amiens at the beginning of the 20th century
LL 65 - AMIENS - Le lycée de Jeunes Filles.JPG|The lycée de jeunes filles and tramway, ''Rue des Otages'', now Lycée Madeleine-Michelis
Mercedes Citaro O530GII n°331 AMETIS Gare du Nord.jpg|A bus of the Amiens public transport network
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====Cycle networks====
[[File:Vélam Amiens.jpg|thumb|Vélam public [[bicycle sharing system]] in Amiens]]

Amiens has developed two bike services: Buscyclette and {{interlanguage link|Vélam|fr|3=Vélam|lt=Velam}}.
* Buscyclette is a service of rental bikes on demand, created in May 1999. In 2014, nearly 2,400 "green bikes" are available for rent, essentially city bikes but also [[electric bicycle|electric bikes]] (VAE), [[folding bicycle]]s and specific bikes (such as kids bikes, child trailers, [[mountain bike]]s, [[cargo bike]]s, [[tandem bicycle|tandems]]). The rental period varies from half a day to one year.
* Velam is a [[bicycle sharing system|bike sharing system]] created on 16 February 2008, an adaptation of the {{interlanguage link|Cyclocity|fr}} system managed by [[JCDecaux]], similar to [[Vélo'v]] in Lyon and [[Vélib']] in Paris. Velam offers 313 bikes distributed every 300 to 400 metres in the center of Amiens and 26 stations.

In 2012, [[Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole|Amiens Métropole]] had {{convert|100|km|mi}} of routes for cyclists.<ref name="PDU" /> Despite the development of a bicycle plan in 1997 which was planning the development of {{convert|500|km|mi}} of equipped cycleways, the network of the territory in terms of paths is still incomplete.

The blueprint of the bicycle facilities of the agglomeration (SDAC) provides, over a period of 10 years (2014–2024),<ref name="PDU" /> for {{convert|188|km|mi}} of cycle routes and equips 490 sites for the parking of bikes. This plan also includes the deployment of parking facilities over the entire territory of the city, close to the facilities frequented by bikers, as well as {{interlanguage link|Tourne-à-droite cycliste|fr|3=Tourne-à-droite cycliste|lt=cyclist right-turns}} at traffic lights or even the maintenance of existing facilities.

====Railways====
[[File:Verrère place Alphonse Fiquet, Gare d'Amiens.jpg|thumb|right|Gare du Nord and its canopy in August 2012]]

There are three railway stations:
* Two stations on the [[Longueau–Boulogne railway|Paris-Boulogne]] and [[Amiens–Rouen railway|Amiens – Rouen]] lines:
*The [[Gare d'Amiens|Amiens station]], main station, known as ''Gare du Nord'', in memory of the [[French Northern Railway|Compagnie du Nord]] who created it. Every day, 15,000 travelers use its seven lines.<ref name="bedel">Benoit Delespierre, ''Longueau, l'autre gare d'Amiens'', ''Courrier picard'', 11 avril 2013.</ref>
*The [[Gare de Saint-Roch (Somme)|station of Saint-Roch]]

Connections from these two stations include to [[Gare de Lille-Flandres|Lille]] via [[Arras, France|Arras]] and [[Douai]], to [[Boulogne]] via [[Abbeville]], to Paris-Nord via [[Creil]] or [[Compiègne]], to [[Reims]] via [[Tergnier]], and to [[Rouen]].
* A station located on the [[Paris–Lille railway|Paris – Lille line]] in [[Longueau]] serving the south of Amiens and the communes of Longueau, [[Cagny, Somme|Cagny]], and [[Boves, Somme|Boves]]
*[[Gare de Longueau|Longueau station]], a passenger station of the historic railway hub in [[Longueau]]. Every day, 2,500 travellers use its two lines.<ref name="bedel" />
* {{interlanguage link|Gare de Montières|fr|lt=Montieres station}}, station assigned to the freight traffic, it serves only the industrial zone of Amiens. This station is located on the former railway line of [[Doullens]].

Many regional and extra regional links (Normandie, Grand Est and Île-de-France) pass through Amiens, especially by [[TER Hauts-de-France]].

A station located {{convert|45|km|mi}} from Amiens, the [[Gare TGV Haute-Picardie|Haute-Picardie TGV station]], allows access to the [[TGV]] network. It is served by buses from Amiens. Its isolated character earned it the name of ''gare des betteraves'', or ''gare betteraves'', at the time of its construction.<ref>This expression, which dates from before 2004, is due to a Socialist politician from the [[Haute-Vienne]], {{interlanguage link|Jacques Santrot|fr}}, the expression which was then adopted by a geographer, Jean-François Troin, which also cited the TGV stations of [[Vendôme]], [[Mâcon]], and [[Le Creusot]]. {{cite web|url=http://www.lorraine.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Rapport_Adielor_Phase_2_cle817d73.pdf|title=Analyse de l'impact du TGV-Est sur les agglomérations de Metz, Nancy, Épinal et Thionville|page=33|id=rapport de phase 2, I.S.I.S. Ingénierie|date=16 November 2004}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed">
CARON 328 - AMIENS - La Gare du Nord.jpg |Gare du Nord (old postcard published by Caron No. 328, postmarked in 1909)
INCONNU_-_AMIENS_-_Intérieur_de_la_Gare_Saint-Roch.jpg |Inside Saint-Roch railway station (postcard postmarked in 1905)
Amiens_St_Roch_(extérieur).jpg |Gare Saint-Roch
Gare de Longueau - La Halle.JPG|Gare de Longueau
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====Air transport====
In addition to [[Amiens – Glisy Aerodrome]], bordering the town's eastern edge {{convert|5|km|mi}} from the center, there are several airports nearby.
* [[Albert – Picardie Airport]] is located 20 minutes northeast of the city.
* [[Beauvais-Tillé Airport]], the ninth largest French airport by usage, located 45 minutes by car south of the city, and served by a bus service from Amiens.
* [[Lille Airport]], reachable by train or by road using the A29 and A1.
* [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport]], reachable by train or by road using the A29 and A1, or A16 and N104. The creation of a railway between [[Creil]] and [[Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV|Roissy]] will put Amiens 55 minutes from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport by 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/tgv-picardie-roissy-le-ministre-des-transports-valide-le-projet-ia0b0n69766|title=TGV Picardie-Roissy: le ministre des Transports valide le projet|date=1 May 2013|work=Le Courrier picard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232144/http://www.courrier-picard.fr/region/tgv-picardie-roissy-le-ministre-des-transports-valide-le-projet-ia0b0n69766|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

====Waterways====
The Somme [[canal]] runs through the town to the [[English Channel]]. This canal is linked to the [[Canal du Nord]] (Paris to Lille metropolitan area).