Gare d'Avignon-Centre

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Avignon-Centre
File:Façade Gare Avignon centre ville.jpg
The station frontage
Location Boulevard Saint-Roch, B.P.175, 84008
Avignon CEDEX
France
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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:

  • night services (Lunéa) Strasbourg/Luxembourg - Avignon - Marseille - Nice
  • local service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Narbonne - Béziers - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
  • express service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Miramas
toward Strasbourg
Intercités
night trains
toward Nice-Ville
toward Luxembourg
Intercités
night trains
toward Narbonne
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 1 Terminus
toward Perpignan
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 2 Terminus
Terminus TER PACA 8
Terminus TER PACA 9
TER PACA 10
TER Rhône-Alpes 5 Terminus

External links

References

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