Gare de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet

Entrance of the station

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet is a railway station serving the town Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie department, southeastern France. It is the southeastern terminus of the railway from La Roche-sur-Foron, the southwestern terminus of the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the western terminus of the Mont Blanc Tramway.

Overview

The station ticket office is open daily : 08h35-12h00 / 13h30-17h10. Outside, there are bus connections to Chamonix, les Contamines, St Gervais Bourg, and Passy. [1]

Routes serving the station are:

The station is the terminus of different gauge tracks. A standard gauge line with overhead power runs towards Annecy and Lyon. A narrower, third-rail track runs towards Chamonix and Martigny. There is also a rack railway line up the mountain named Mont Blanc Tramway.[2]

The station is the base for maintenance equipment including a snow plough for the Mont Blanc express.

Services

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Sallanches-Combloux-Megève
Intercités
night trains
Terminus
Sallanches-Combloux-Megève
TER Rhône-Alpes 3
Sallanches-Combloux-Megève
toward Bellegarde
TER Rhône-Alpes 42
TerminusTER Rhône-Alpes 82
Chedde
toward Vallorcine

References

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Coordinates: 45°54′24″N 6°42′4″E / 45.90667°N 6.70111°E / 45.90667; 6.70111

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