Gare de Poitiers

Poitiers
The station looking north from the road side
Location	2 boulevard Pont Achard Poitiers France
Coordinates	46°34′56″N 0°19′59″E / 46.5822°N 0.3331°ECoordinates: 46°34′56″N 0°19′59″E / 46.5822°N 0.3331°E
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Bordeaux Poitiers–Arçay
History
Opened	15 July 1851
Services
TGV Elipsos Intercités TER - TER Poitou-Charentes

The station from a footbridge to the north of the station. The station building is to the left of centre, with its location indicated by the station footbridge.

The Gare de Poitiers is a major railway station in the French city of Poitiers, in the department of Vienne and region of Poitou-Charentes. The station is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway. It was built in the 1850s.

Services

A wide array of rail services serve Poitiers, including TGV Atlantique services from Paris Montparnasse to Bordeaux. Other rail services operate under the Transport express régional (TER) brand, and run from Poitiers to Angoulême, Tours, Limoges, Niort and La Rochelle. The station is also served by a TER bus service to Parthenay and Nantes.^[1]

Rail services are:

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Futuroscope toward Paris-Montparnasse		TGV		Angoulême toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
Paris-Montparnasse Terminus		TGV		Saint-Maixent toward La Rochelle
Chasseneuil toward Tours		TER Centre-Val de Loire 30		Terminus
Terminus		TER Limousin 2		Mignaloux-Nouaillé toward Limoges
Lusignan toward La Rochelle		TER Poitou-Charentes		Terminus
Terminus		TER Poitou-Charentes		Ligugé toward Angoulême

References

1. "Timetables TER Poitou-Charentes" (in French). SNCF. Retrieved 2011-01-08.