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The town of Saint-Saëns, wishing to hasten the construction and associate itself with the building of the line, decided on May 18, 1897 to provide the sum of 60,000 francs towards the construction of the line. However, the sum was only enough for the construction of a station. The work was carried
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Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord, the town of Saint-Saëns was excluded from its route. It was a distance of some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the nearest station, the Gare de Montérolier-Buchy, and a lack of local public
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36:Overview
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323:Closure
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258:History
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