Gare_d'Avignon_TGV

Avignon TGV station

Avignon TGV station

High-speed rail station in Avignon, France

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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.

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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][3][4]

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 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) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays)
  • Shuttle services (TER PACA) Avignon - Avignon TGV
  • Local services (TER PACA) Marseille - Miramas - Cavaillon - Avignon - Avignon TGV
  • Local services (TER PACA) Carpentras - 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.

  • The inside of the station.
  • The entrance of the station.
  • A TGV at the station
  • Main concourse

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Avignon "comma" opens" (218). Today's Railways Europe. February 2014: 46. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. [2]
    Rechercher une fiche horaire, TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    La carte du réseau TER SUD, TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    Avignon TGV station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
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