🇫🇷 Harfleur

Harfleur station is within walking distance of the small town centre and the historic church. The town is a suburb of Le Havre on the Seine estuary.

TER Normandie trains on the Rouen-Le Havre line stop at Harfleur. The station is one stop before Le Havre terminus. Services to Paris are available via Rouen.

Harfleur station has limited facilities. For more services, Le Havre station is one stop away. The town is small and easily explored on foot.

Harfleur has a 15th-century Gothic church and was once a major port before silting caused its decline. The town is famous from Shakespeare's Henry V and the battle cry 'Once more unto the breach, dear friends.' The nearby Le Havre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its post-war architecture.

Harfleur was besieged by Henry V of England in 1415, before the Battle of Agincourt. Shakespeare immortalised the siege in Henry V with the famous rallying speech 'Once more unto the breach.' The town was once a major Norman port before the Seine silted up its harbour.