Cherbourg Maritime station

[1] The complex consisted of the transatlantic hall, a two-storey building through which passengers boarded ocean liners using nine footbridges, as well as with a plethora of amenities: The hall is 240m long and constitutes the bulk of the complex, thirty four concrete arches carrying the copper and glass rooftop.

As the station is 93m wide, it was at the time of building the second largest construction in France after Palace of Versailles and covered 2 hectares.

Gare Maritime de Cherbourg saw intense activity during World War II, although it was partially destroyed in 1944.

The buildings were listed in December 1989 and constitute the last surviving example of 1930s maritime architecture in Cherbourg.

In 1996 an architectural competition was announced for design proposals to transform the building into a naval museum, after it ceased railway station operations.