Gare d'Avignon TGV

Avignon TGV
Avignon TGV railway station
Location	Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Coordinates	43°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
Platforms	2
History
Opened	2001

Avignon TGV (IATA: XZN) is a railway station located in Avignon, Vaucluse, south-eastern France. The station was opened in 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed line and Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway. The train services are operated by SNCF. The station is located 6km 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, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes and Lille.

International services operate to Belgium: Brussels, Antwerpen (in summer), Germany: Frankfurt, Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Switzerland: Geneva, England: 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 - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille (- Cannes - Nice)
High speed services (TGV/ICE) Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
High speed services (TGV) Basel / Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
High speed services (TGV) Metz - Dijon - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
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 - Cannes - Nice
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.

Preceding station	SNCF	Following station
Paris-Lyon Terminus	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Paris-Lyon Terminus	TGV	Toulon toward Nice-Ville
Valence TGV toward Bruxelles-Midi	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Nice
Valence TGV toward Lille Europe	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Basel SBB	TGV	Marseille-St-Charles Terminus
Valence TGV toward Strasbourg	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Genève-Cornavin	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Nice
Nîmes toward Madrid Atocha	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Lyon Saint-Exupéry toward Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy	TGV	Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Avignon-Centre Terminus	TER PACA 18	Terminus
Preceding station	Deutsche Bahn	Following station
Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille	ICE/TGV 84	Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station	Eurostar	Following station
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward London St Pancras	Eurostar	Marseille-St-Charles Terminus

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

References

↑ "Avignon "comma" opens" (218). Today's Railways Europe. February 2014: 46.
↑ Timetables for TER PACA
↑ http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/south-france-holidays

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