Train stations in Amiens

Amiens station, on Place Alphonse Fiquet, is where every train in this guide calls: TER Hauts-de-France services to Paris Gare du Nord in as little as 1 hour 6 minutes, and to Lille, Rouen, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, Laon and Saint-Quentin. No TGV stops in Amiens.

Which station to use

Amiens station is the one to use. It is 500 metres from the town centre. The ticket office closes at 19:30 (20:20 on Fridays, Sundays and holidays). The local buses call the stop "Gare du Nord", which means this station, not Paris Gare du Nord. Trains from Paris call at Longueau a few minutes before Amiens; stay on until Amiens.

From the station to the centre

The way into the centre runs west from the station along Rue de Noyon and Rue des Trois Cailloux, with the cathedral just to the north. From the Gare du Nord bus stop outside the station (quai A), Nemo 1 towards Etouvie and Nemo 4 towards Pôle Licorne reach Beffroi in 5 to 10 minutes. On the way back both lines call at Hôtel de Ville before returning to Gare du Nord (quai B). Nemo buses run from 04:00 to midnight, every 10 to 12 minutes on weekday daytimes and every 30 to 60 minutes on Sundays. A single ticket costs €1.65 from the machines at the main stops, from Ametis relay points or on the e-boutique; a bank card or phone also works.

The Hortillonnages boat trips leave from 54 boulevard Beauvillé, 10 minutes' walk from the station. The boats run from April to October only. From 1 October to 31 March the cathedral's tower tours run at 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00, closed on Tuesdays and during services, and cost €7.

Trains to Paris

Times are as of October 2026, for the timetable to 12 December 2026. Times change from 13 December.

• How many: about 24 to 25 trains each way on weekdays. On Saturdays 15 leave Amiens for Paris and 20 leave Paris for Amiens, and on Sundays 19 and 17.
• Fare: a standard second-class single to Paris costs €25.90 as of October 2026 (adult, no discount card).
• Journey time: the quickest, mostly through trains from Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, take 1 hour 6 to 1 hour 8 minutes. Stopping trains via Creil take up to 1 hour 49 minutes.
• First to Paris: 04:20 on weekdays (arrives 05:55), 05:34 on Saturdays (07:10) and 06:21 on Sundays (07:54).
• Last to Paris: 21:40 on weekdays (arrives 22:57), 19:24 on Saturdays (20:30) and 21:23 on Sundays (22:29).
• From Paris Gare du Nord: the first train leaves at 06:03 on weekdays (arrives 07:20), 07:02 on Saturdays (08:20) and 07:57 on Sundays (09:20). The last leaves at 22:28 every day and arrives at 23:51.

Other trains from Amiens

• Lille Flandres: 1 hour 16 to 1 hour 24 minutes. About hourly on weekdays (14 trains, 05:50 to 21:01), about every two hours at weekends.
• Rouen Rive Droite: about 1 hour 20 to 1 hour 35. Nine trains each way on weekdays, 3 to 4 at weekends.
• Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais: Boulogne takes 1 hour 17 to 1 hour 26, Calais 1 hour 44 to 1 hour 55 on weekdays and up to 2 hours 7 at weekends. Weekday trains leave Amiens from 05:48 to 20:38 and call at Abbeville (24 to 45 minutes).
• Saint-Quentin and Laon: Saint-Quentin takes 56 to 58 minutes (9 trains each way on weekdays, 3 on Sundays) and Laon 1 hour 10 to 1 hour 35.

Works and holidays

Until 11 December 2026, daytime engineering work between Pierrefitte and Orry-la-Ville, on the approach to Paris, changes the times or route of some Paris trains; the times above include these changes. On Sunday 15 November 2026 coaches replace trains between Amiens and Étaples-Le Touquet in the morning; the first train to Abbeville and Boulogne-sur-Mer leaves at 14:38 and the first to Calais at 15:38. The Sunday timetable applies on 1 and 11 November. Times change from 13 December.

Airports and TGV

There is no direct train to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport: go via Paris Gare du Nord. For Beauvais-Tillé airport, take regional coach line 601 (Amiens to Beauvais), which runs every day. Most coaches leave from the bus station beside Amiens station (exit Rue Paul Tellier); the evening and Sunday coaches leave from the Gare Quai E bus stop at the main entrance. The trip to the airport (stop Tillé Aéroport) takes 1 hour 10 to 1 hour 30 minutes. As of October 2026 about 15 coaches leave on weekdays (first 06:20, last 20:45) and fewer at weekends. The nearest TGV station, TGV Haute-Picardie, is 45 minutes away by SNCF coach, three a day each way until 12 December 2026.

Tickets

Buy TER tickets on ter.sncf.com, in the app, at the machines or at the ticket office. You need a valid ticket and ID before you board; travelling without a ticket and not reporting to the conductor can cost €50 for a trip under 100 km, more beyond that.

Rail passes and reservations

As of October 2026, every train at Amiens is a TER and needs no seat reservation with an Interrail pass, so a Global Pass or One Country Pass France covers them all with no seat fee. TGV INOUI trains from TGV Haute-Picardie need a reservation, which Interrail lists at €10 to €20 in second class.