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°E / 46.5822; 0.3331Coordinates: 46°34′56″N 0°19′59″E / 46.5822°N 0.3331°E / 46.5822; 0.3331
Elevation 82 m (269 ft)
Owned by RFF / SNCF
Operated by SNCF
Line(s) Paris–Bordeaux
Poitiers–Arçay
History
Opened 15 July 1851 (1851-07-15)
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
TGV
Terminus
TGV
Saint-Maixent
toward La Rochelle
Chasseneuil
toward Tours
TER Centre-Val de Loire 30Terminus
TerminusTER Limousin 2
Mignaloux-Nouaillé
toward Limoges
Lusignan
toward La Rochelle
TER Poitou-CharentesTerminus
TerminusTER Poitou-Charentes
Ligugé
toward Angoulême

References

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