Gare de Saverne

Gare de Saverne
SNCF railway station
Travellers building and entrance of the station
Location	Place de la gare, 67700 Saverne
Coordinates	48°44′41″N 7°21′43″E / 48.74472°N 7.36194°ECoordinates: 48°44′41″N 7°21′43″E / 48.74472°N 7.36194°E
Owned by	SNCF
Line(s)	Noisy-le-Sec–Strasbourg-Ville railway, Sélestat–Saverne railway
Tracks	4 + service tracks
Construction
Parking	yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Other information
Website	Gare de Saverne
History
Opened	29 mai 1851

Gare de Saverne is a French railway station located on the Noisy-le-Sec–Strasbourg railway. It is located within the commune of Saverne, in departement Bas-Rhin, in northeastern France.

The station was put in operation in 1851 by the Strasbourg–Basel railway company, which operates the section between the cities of Strasbourg and Sarrebourg on request by the Paris–Strasbourg railway company.

As of 2015, it is a travellers station of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français, belonging to the regional railway network TER Alsace. It is served by TGV (high-speed trains), EuroCity trains and by regional express transport (especially TER 200) trains.

Geography

Established at 187 meters above the sea level, the Saverne station is located at the kilometric point 458.011 of the Noisy-le-Sec–Strasbourg railway, between the former stations of Stambach and Zornhoff-Monswiller.^[1] The nearest open travellers stations are located in Lutzelbourg and Steinbourg.

Being a former bifurcation station, it was the terminus of the Sélestat–Saverne railway,^[2] located at the kilometric point 64.840. This line was later downgraded and left between the stations of Molsheim and Saverne.

The Kuhn company's factory has its own siding at the Saverne station.

History

The Saverne station was put in operation on May 29, 1851 by the Stasbourg–Basel railway company, when the latter officially opened, with staff and equipment, the operating of the railway section between Strasbourg and Sarrebourg located on the future Strasbourg–Paris railway. The inauguration of this section took place on May 18; however, the Paris–Strasbourg railway company, which suffered from a lack of well-trained railway workers, entrusted the operation to Stasbourg–Basel railway company, which had more experience.^[3]

The line between Saverne and Molsheim was opened in 1877.^[4] It was successively operated by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (Eastern railway company), the Direction générale impériale des chemins de fer d'Alsace-Lorraine (General Imperial Direction of railways in Alsace-Lorraine), and then by the Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (Management of railways in Alsace and Lorraine).

On January 1, 1938, the Saverne station became a property of the new French railway company (SNCF). Then, because of the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine in 1940, it was operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, as well as the whole railway network in Alsace and Lorraine.

In March 1969, the railway travellers service between Saverne and Molsheim was closed.^[5]

The Saverne station is served by TGV (high-speed train) since 2007, after the opening of the first phase of the European LGV Est line.

Travellers service

Reception

Serverne station belongs to the SNCF, and includes a travellers building with a counter opened every day. It is stuffed with automatic machines allowing travellers to purchase tickets. Particular layout, equipment and services are available for disabled people. The station also includes a buffet and a newsagent.^[6]

Servicing

• TGV Est :
  • Paris – Saverne – Strasbourg line,
  • Paris – Nancy-Ville – Lunéville – Sarrebourg – Saverne – Strasbourg line

• EuroCity Iris :
  • Bâle – Saint-Louis – Mulhouse – Colmar – Sélestat – Strasbourg – Saverne – Metz – Thionville – Luxembourg – Namur – Bruxelles line ;

• TER Alsace and Lorraine :
  • Metz – Sarrebourg – Saverne – Strasbourg line,
  • TER 200 : Nancy – Sarrebourg – Saverne – Strasbourg – (Basel) line,
  • ligne Strasbourg – Saverne line.

Other means of transport

Bus stations : TER Alsace coaches and busses of Réseau 67.

A parking for bicycles and cars are fitted out at the station.^[6]

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

1. (French) Reinhard Douté, Les 400 profils de lignes voyageurs du réseau français : lignes 001 à 600, vol. 1, La Vie du Rail, 2011, 238 p. (ISBN 978-2-918758-34-1), "(070/5) Sarrebourg - Strasbourg", p. 53
2. (French) Reinhard Douté, Les 400 profils de lignes voyageurs du réseau français : lignes 001 à 600, vol. 1, La Vie du Rail, 2011, 238 p. (ISBN 978-2-918758-34-1), "(111) Sélestat - Molsheim - Saverne", p. 64
3. (French) François et Maguy Palau, Le rail en France : les 80 premières lignes 1828 - 1851, Paris, Palau, 2003 (ISBN 2-950-9421-0-5), "3.52 Sarrebourg-Strasbourg 71 kilomètres)", p. 198-201
4. (French) Ligne Wasselonne - Saverne sur le site d'Étienne Biellmann.
5. (French) Gares et chemins de fer oubliés Axe Molsheim - Saverne, article from DNA, July 26th, 2012
6. (French) Services & Gares Gare Saverne, ter.sncf.com, 2014

External links

• (French) Gare de Saverne, Gares en mouvement, SNCF
• (French) Gare de Saverne, TER Alsace, SNCF