Avignon TGV station

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Avignon TGV (IATA: XZN) is a railway station located in Avignon, France. It was opened on 10 June 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed line and Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway. The train services are operated by the SNCF and limited services by Spanish national operator, RENFE. The station is located 6 km south of the city centre.

Avignon
Sky view of Avignon TGV railway station
General information
Location	Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Coordinates	43°55′18″N 4°47′9″E
Line(s)	LGV Méditerranée Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway
Platforms	4 (2 for TER and 2 for TGV)
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Aboveground
History
Opened	10 June 2001
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Paris-Lyon Terminus TGV inOui Toulon Terminus Valence TGV towards Paris-Lyon Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille Valence TGV towards Lyon-Part-Dieu Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Nice-Ville Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Frankfurt Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Nancy-Ville Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Nice-Ville Valence TGV towards Luxembourg Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille Valence TGV towards Le Havre Marseille Terminus Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Lausanne TGV Lyria Seasonal service Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille Preceding station Eurostar Following station Aix-en-Provence towards Marseille-Saint-Charles Eurostar (summer) Valence TGV towards Amsterdam Centraal Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station Nîmes towards Madrid Atocha AVE Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille-St-Charles Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille ICE/TGV 84 Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Ouigo Following station Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV towards Lille-Flandres Grande Vitesse Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille Paris-Lyon Terminus Preceding station TER PACA Following station Terminus 9 Avignon-Centre towards Marseille Avignon-Centre towards Carpentras 9bis Terminus

Overview

This station has two platforms for trains calling at the station, with two through lines. This allows trains not stopping at Avignon to pass through at full speed, but away from passenger platforms.

This station, inaugurated in 2001, was designed by the cabinet of architecture of the SNCF under the direction of Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Jean-François Blassel. It has a 340 m (1,115 ft)-long glazed roof that has been compared to that of a cathedral.

On 15 December 2013 a link line between Avignon's city station and Avignon's high speed station opened, with a regular shuttle service operating between the two.^[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:^[2][3][4]

From Avignon TGV train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Cannes, Nice, Dijon, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes and Lille.

International services operate to Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp (in summer), Germany: Frankfurt, Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Switzerland: Geneva, Lausanne and The Netherlands: Amsterdam (in summer).

• High-speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV) Paris - Avignon - Cannes - Nice
• High-speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV) Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV/ICE) Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV) Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV) Nancy - Strasbourg - Besançon - Dijon - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille - Cannes - Nice
• High-speed services (TGV) Nantes - Angers - Tours - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV) Rennes - Le Mans - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV ) Le Havre - Rouen - Lyon - Valence - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (TGV Lyria) Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille (Summer)
• High-speed services (AVE) Madrid - Barcelona - Perpignan - Montpellier - Avignon - Marseille
• High-speed services (Eurostar) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays)
• Shuttle services (TER PACA) Avignon - Avignon TGV
• Local services (TER PACA) Marseille - Miramas - Cavaillon - Avignon - Avignon TGV
• Local services (TER PACA) Carpentras - Avignon - Avignon TGV

Additionally in the summer months Thalys provide services between Amsterdam and Brussels.

Trivia

Parts of the 2007 film "Mr Bean's Holiday" were shot at the Avignon station.

Gallery

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  The inside of the station.
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  The entrance of the station.
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  A TGV at the station
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  Main concourse

See also

• List of TGV stations