Avignon TGV station

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Avignon TGV
SNCF Deutsche Bahn Eurostar
Avignon TGV train station sky view.jpg
Sky view of Avignon TGV railway station
LocationAvignon, Vaucluse,
 France
Coordinates43°55′18″N 4°47′9″E / 43.92167°N 4.78583°E / 43.92167; 4.78583Coordinates: 43°55′18″N 4°47′9″E / 43.92167°N 4.78583°E / 43.92167; 4.78583
Line(s)LGV Méditerranée
Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway
Platforms4 (2 for TER and 2 for TGV)
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeAboveground
History
Opened10 June 2001
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Terminus
TGV
toward Nice-Ville
toward Lille Europe
toward Nice-Ville
toward Bruxelles-Midi
toward Strasbourg
toward 
TER PACA 21Terminus
DB Fernverkehr
towards Marseille
ICE/TGV 84
towards Frankfurt
Eurostar
Eurostar
Terminus

Avignon TGV (IATA: XZN) is a railway station located in Avignon, France. It was opened on 10 June 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed line and Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway. The train services are operated by the SNCF. The station is located 6 km south of the city centre.

Overview[]

This station has two platforms for trains calling at the station, with two through lines. This allows trains not stopping at Avignon to pass through at full speed, but away from passenger platforms.

This station, inaugurated in 2001, was designed by the cabinet of architecture of the SNCF under the direction of Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Jean-François Blassel. It has a 340 m (1,115 ft)-long glazed roof that has been compared to that of a cathedral.

On 15 December 2013 a link line between Avignon's city station and Avignon's high speed station opened, with a regular shuttle service operating between the two.[1]

Train services[]

The station is served by the following services:[2]

From Avignon TGV train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Cannes, Nice, Dijon, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes and Lille.

International services operate to Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp (in summer), Germany: Frankfurt, Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Switzerland: Geneva, United Kingdom: London and The Netherlands: Amsterdam (in summer).

  • High-speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Cannes - Nice
  • High-speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV/ICE) Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Nancy - Strasbourg - Besançon - Dijon - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
  • High-speed services (TGV) Nantes - Angers - Tours - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Rennes - Le Mans - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Le Havre - Rouen - Lyon - Valence - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (TGV) Geneva - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (AVE) Madrid - Barcelona - Perpignan - Montpellier - Avignon - Marseille
  • High-speed services (Eurostar) London - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille (journey towards London includes disembarking and re-embarking at Lille [3])
  • High-speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays)
  • Shuttle services (TER PACA) Avignon - Avignon TGV

Additionally in the summer months Thalys provide services between Amsterdam and Brussels.

Trivia[]

Parts of the 2007 film "Mr Bean's Holiday" were shot at Gare d'Avignon.

Gallery[]

  • The inside of the station.

  • The entrance of the station.

  • A TGV at the station

  • Main concourse

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Avignon "comma" opens" (218). Today's Railways Europe. February 2014: 46. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Timetables for TER PACA". Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. ^ "South of France Holidays".

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