Avignon-Centre station

The gare d'Avignon-Centre (Avignon Central railway station) is a railway station serving the city of Avignon, in Vaucluse, France. It is on the Paris–Marseille railway.

Avignon-Centre
The station frontage
LocationBoulevard Saint-Roch, B.P.175, 84008
Avignon CEDEX
France
Coordinates43.9419°N 4.8047°E / 43.9419; 4.8047
Elevation23 m (75 ft)
Owned byRFF / SNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Paris–Marseille
Avignon–Miramas
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon–Avignon
History
Opened5 March 1849 (1849-03-05)
Services
TGV
Intercités
TER - PACA
Service auto-train
Fret SNCF

The building

The station was constructed in 1860 according to the plans of the architect Louis-Jules Bouchot.[1]

Train traffic

A wide range of trains use Avignon-Centre station, including Transport express régional, TGV trains from Paris Gare de Lyon, Provence, Côte d'Azur and Languedoc. Many other TGV trains stop at the Avignon TGV station.

The services include:

  • local service (TER Occitanie) Narbonne - Béziers - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
  • express service (TER Occitanie) Cerbère - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Orange (Vaucluse)
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Miramas
Sorgues-Châteauneuf-du-Pape
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 5Terminus
toward Narbonne
TER Occitanie L1
toward Portbou
TER Occitanie L2
TerminusTER PACA 8
TER PACA 9
Montfavet
toward Miramas
Orange (Vaucluse)
TER PACA 10
Sorgues-Châteauneuf-du-Pape
toward Carpentras
TER PACA 21
Terminus

References

  1. Gare Avignon-Ville from lesgares.com (in French).
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