Houlgate is the train station

Train station

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 for the town of Houlgate

Houlgate

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, Calvados

Calvados

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 department, northwestern France

France

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. The station is built in Ouest

Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest

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 architecture and is on the Côte Fleurie

Ligne de la Côte Fleurie

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 branchline from Trouville-Deauville

Gare de Trouville-Deauville

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 and to Dives-Cabourg

Gare de Dives-Cabourg

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The line from Mézidon

Mézidon-Canon

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 opened in 1879 and extended to Houlgate in 1882. The line from Trouville-Deauville to Villers-sur-Mer

Villers-sur-Mer

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and Houlgate opened two years later but the station was then called Beuzeval-Houlgate, followed by Houlgate-Beuzeval and finally Houlgate. A goods yard was in use until the mid 1990s as well as the station building (until 1996), the station is now only used as a stop by regional trains and tickets must be bought on-board trains.

The station building was renovated during Spring 2007. The station building was repainted and the main room reopened as a waiting room. The period clock on the station front was repaired.