Editing Cherbourg (section)

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The [[Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway|Paris - Cherbourg railway line]], operated by [[Réseau Ferré de France]], ends at [[Gare de Cherbourg|Cherbourg railway station]], which opened in 1858 and welcomes a million passengers every year.<ref>2006 figures</ref> This line continued, at the beginning of the 20th century, up to the resort of [[Urville-Nacqueville]] and was complemented by the {{Interlanguage link|Ligne de Cherbourg à Barfleur|fr|3=Ligne de Cherbourg à Barfleur|lt=''Tue-Vâques''}} which served from Cherbourg to [[Val de Saire]] between 1911 and 1950. Today, the [[Intercités]] Paris-Caen-Cherbourg line is the most profitable in its class with profit over €10 million per year despite numerous incidents and delays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.region-basse-normandie.fr/discours/discours_voeux_11012007.pdf|title=Discours des vœux aux personnalités pour 2007, par Philippe Duron, président de la Région Basse-Normandie, Caen, 11 janvier 2007|language=fr|trans-title=Speech of greeting to the personalities for 2007, by Philippe Duron, President of the Lower Normandy region, Caen, 11 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012045347/http://www.region-basse-normandie.fr/discours/discours_voeux_11012007.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref>

Regular services operate to [[Paris Saint Lazare railway station|Paris-Saint-Lazare]] via [[Gare de Caen|Caen]] using [[Intercités]] stock, local [[TER Basse Normandie|TER]] services operate from the station to [[Gare Principale Lisieux|Lisieux]] via [[Gare de Caen|Caen]] and to [[Gare de Rennes|Rennes]] via [[Saint-Lô]]. Intercités services to [[Gare Saint-Lazare|Paris-Saint-Lazare]] take three hours on average.

From July 2009 to December 2010, a TGV Cherbourg – [[Gare de Dijon-Ville|Dijon]] service operated, via [[Gare de Mantes-la-Jolie|Mantes]] and [[Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV|Roissy TGV]]. With one daily round-trip, it operated experimentally for three years and gave the people of Cherbourg direct access by rail to France's primary airport. The service ceased prematurely, as the minimum threshold of passenger traffic was not met.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Fin-des-TGV-Cherbourg-Caen-Dijon-_6346-1524474-fils-tous-74_filDMA.Htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604121918/http://www.ouest-france.fr/ofdernmin_-Fin-des-TGV-Cherbourg-Caen-Dijon-_6346-1524474-fils-tous-74_filDMA.Htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2012|title=Fin des TGV Cherbourg-Caen-Dijon|language=fr|trans-title=End of the Cherbourg-Caen-Dijon TGV|work=Ouest-france.fr|access-date=9 March 2011}}</ref>

As well as a main line station there was also the ''[[Gare Maritime de Cherbourg|Gare Maritime Transatlantique]]'' station. This now forms part of the ''Cité de la mer''.