Gare d'Avignon-Centre

Avignon-Centre

The station frontage
Location Boulevard Saint-Roch, B.P.175, 84008
Avignon CEDEX
France
Coordinates 43°56′31″N 4°48′17″E / 43.9419°N 4.8047°E / 43.9419; 4.8047Coordinates: 43°56′31″N 4°48′17″E / 43.9419°N 4.8047°E / 43.9419; 4.8047
Elevation 23 m (75 ft)
Owned by RFF / SNCF
Operated by SNCF
Line(s) Paris–Marseille
Avignon–Miramas
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon–Avignon
History
Opened 5 March 1849 (1849-03-05)
Services

TGV
Intercités
TER - PACA
Service auto-train
Fret SNCF

The gare d'Avignon-Centre (Avignon Central railway station) is a railway station serving the city of Avignon, in Vaucluse, France. It is situated on the Paris–Marseille railway.

The building

The station was constructed in 1860 according to the plans of the architect Louis Jules Bouchot.[1]

Train traffic

A wide range of trains use Avignon-Centre station, including Transport express régional, TGV trains from Paris Gare de Lyon, Provence, Côte d'Azur and Languedoc. Many other TGV trains stop at the Avignon TGV station.

The services include:

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Orange
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Miramas
toward Strasbourg
Intercités
night trains
toward Nice-Ville
toward Luxembourg
Intercités
night trains
Tarascon
toward Narbonne
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 1Terminus
Tarascon
toward Perpignan
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 2Terminus
TerminusTER PACA 8
TerminusTER PACA 9
Montfavet
Sorgues-Châteauneuf-du-Pape
TER PACA 10
Sorgues-Châteauneuf-du-Pape
TER Rhône-Alpes 5Terminus

References

  1. Gare Avignon-Ville from lesgares.com (in French).
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