page_title: Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme
section_title: Saint-Valery Canal
hierarchical_section_title: Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme / Stations / Saint-Valery Canal
caption_attribution_description: Carte postale ancienne éditée par LL N° 327 Cayeux-sur-Mer&#160;: La Gare (du Chemin de fer départemental de la Somme)
context_page_description: The Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, is a preserved railway in northern France. The railway is managed by a non-profit organization, which runs from March to December between the towns of the Baie de Somme area: Le Crotoy and Cayeux-sur-Mer via Noyelles-sur-Mer and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, on metre gauge tracks. The association was founded in 1970 and over the years it has become a major player in tourism development in the Picardy coast and is also responsible for the preservation, safeguarding and enhancement of the fleet full of cars, wagons, steam locomotives and diesel locomotives. The line is one of the closest French heritage lines to the UK, Noyelles is 73 kilometres from Boulogne-sur-Mer and 105 kilometres from Calais. A part of the line has dual gauge track, and although forming part of a group of five lines, at least a part of it has always been open to traffic.
context_section_description: 50°10′34″N 1°39′08″E
  
  This was the site of the original terminus of the standard gauge branch from Noyelles, opened on 5 June 1858. It is now the site of their depot, although some of the original buildings still survive.
caption: Cayeux station from an old postcard
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