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Boulogne–Calais railway


The Boulogne–Calais railway is an electrified double track railway running between the ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais in France. An extension of the Longueau–Boulogne railway it meets the Lille–Fontinettes railway and Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway to Dunkirk at Gare des Fontinettes in Calais. The line opened on 7 January 1867 with railway stations at Wimille, Marquise, Caffiers and St Pierre. It was used only for local traffic between Boulogne and Calais until that March when the Paris to Calais trains were diverted,
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Gare de la Bastille


that the Opéra Bastille could be built. Designed by , the "Gare de la Bastille" was one of Paris's earliest railway termini. In 1853, the French government decided that a strategic connection with the fort at Vincennes was desirable. The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg was granted a concession to build the line, and a connecting line to Mulhouse. The Mulhouse line would share the "Gare de Strasbourg" (now the Gare de Paris-Est), but the "Ligne de Vincennes"
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tramway line and the other sections of the RER) and the Optile consortium of private operators managing 1,176 bus lines. A central hub of the national rail network, Paris' six major railway stations (Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare d'Austerlitz, Gare Montparnasse, Gare Saint-Lazare) and a minor one (Gare de Bercy) are connected to three networks: the TGV serving four high-speed rail lines, the normal speed Corail trains, and the suburban rails (Transilien).
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-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse in south-west Paris. Line D offers a quick connection between Gare du Nord and Gare de Lyon and many areas of south-east Paris. Line D also operates to northern Paris, to Saint-Denis and Creil. Both lines B and D serve Stade de France in Saint-Denis. The RER station is directly connected to Magenta station, which was constructed further underground to the east of the Gare du Nord. It is served by the RER E line that offers a link
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Gare de Lyon (Paris Métro)


Gare de Lyon is a station on lines 1 and 14 of the Paris Métro. It is connected to the Gare de Lyon mainline rail and RER stations within one complex and is the third-busiest station on the network with 30.91 million entering passengers in 2004, made up of 15.78 on line 1 and 15.13 on line 14. The line 1 station was one of the eight original stations opened as part of the first section of line 1 between Porte de Vincennes and Porte Maillot on 19 July 1900. It was built with
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Gare du Nord (Paris Métro)


connected to the La Chapelle Métro station on line 2 and to the Magenta RER station on RER line E. In November 1907 Line 5 was extended from Gare d'Orléans (now known as "Gare d'Austerlitz") to "Gare du Nord" where the station was built on a reversing loop. On 21 April 1908 Line 4 was opened from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt through "Gare du Nord". In 1942, the old Line 5 station was closed and replaced with a through station, in preparation for the extension to Église
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terminated at and departed from the heart of Paris: Châtelet , Noctilien's new service includes buses operating between "banlieues" (communes surrounding Paris proper) as well as outbound lines running from Paris' four main railway stations: Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare Montparnasse and Gare Saint-Lazare. In addition, these four stations are also connected to each other by a regular night bus service. All in all, Noctilien operates 47 bus lines from the last bus of the night (00:30) until the first
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Boulogne-sur-Mer


Aéroglisseurs stations served as a boat connection (to England) for the railway. Boulogne has no cross channel ferry services since the closure of the route to Dover by LD Lines in 2010. The regional trains are TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais run by SNCF. The principal service runs from Gare de Boulogne-Ville via Gare de Calais-Fréthun, Gare de Calais-Ville to Gare de Lille-Flandres. The city is divided into several parts : Boulogne-sur-Mer has an oceanic climate that has
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Michel Caffier


Michel Caffier (born 17 June 1930 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French journalist, writer and literary critic. He is the author of an abundant work centered on Lorraine: historical novels, essays and reference works, including the "Dictionnaire des littératures de Lorraine". Caffier was senior reporter and literary critic for "L'Est Républicain", of which he was deputy chief editor. From 1986 to 2002, Caffier was the president of the jury who awards the yearly Prix Erckmann-Chatrian to a work written by
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Gare de la Bastille


Gare de la Bastille was a railway station in Paris. The station was opened in 1859 and served as the terminus of the -long line to Vincennes and Verneuil-l'Étang. The line was opened only to serve the Fort de Vincennes, and was extended to La Varenne and later to Brie-Comte-Robert. The line finally reached Verneuil-l'Étang in 1892, and connected to the line to Mulhouse. Part of the line was included into the RER A on 14 December 1969. The station was demolished in 1984 so
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Gare de Méru


The Gare de Méru (Méru station) is a railway station located in Méru (Oise department), France. It is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains from Paris Nord to Beauvais. The Persan–Méru line opened on 1 July 1875. The line did not reach Beauvais in the north until 15 April 1876, and did not reach Paris in the south until 5 April 1877. There was at one time a connection to Labosse via a metre gauge branch line. When the line was electrified with 25
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Gare de l'Est (Paris Métro)


part of the first section of the line from Opéra to Porte de la Villette. It is connected to the mainline Gare de l'Est railway station, literally "Eastern Station", and to the Château-Landon Métro Station on line (7. The name Verdun refers to the "Avenue de Verdun", in memory of World War I's Battle of Verdun to which French soldiers were sent from the railway station. In 2004 it was the fifth-busiest station complex, with 15.66 million passengers entering. Lines 5 and
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Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway


The Brive-la-Gaillarde - Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway is a 248-kilometre long French railway line, that connects the rural areas between Brive-la-Gaillarde and the large southern city of Toulouse via Figeac and Capdenac. The railway was opened in several stages between 1858 and 1864. The Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse railway leaves the Gare de Brive-la-Gaillarde in a southeastern direction, towards Gare de Saint-Denis-près-Martel. Here the line to Gare d'Aurillac leaves in an easterly
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Gare de Longroy-Gamaches


Gare de Longroy-Gamaches (Longroy-Gamaches Station) is a French railway station located in the "commune" of Longroy in the Seine-Maritime department near Gamaches in the Somme department. The station is served by TER Normandie and TER Hauts-de-France trains from Beauvais to Le Tréport-Mers. The Gare de Longroy-Gamaches formerly provided a connection to Longpré-les-Corps-Saints. This single-track line opened on 9 May 1872 and was degraded on 10 November 1993. Between Longpré-
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Gare de Beauvais


Gare de Beauvais is a railway station located in Beauvais in the Oise department, France. TER Hauts-de-France trains connect the station to Le Tréport-Mers, Creil and Paris-Nord. The Neo-medieval station building was constructed by Compagnie du Nord in brick and concrete in 1860. The line to Paris is electrified with an alternating current running 25 kV-50 Hz. Other lines run with diesel. A station was opened at Beauvais in 1857, when the line Beauvais - Creil was opened. At the time
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La Chapelle (Paris Métro)


La Chapelle is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 10th and 18th arrondissements above the Boulevard de la Chapelle. The station is connected to the Gare du Nord and the Gare du Nord Métro station on lines 4 and 5. The elevated line 2 station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to "Bagnolet" (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the "Place de la Chapelle", which was named after the "Barrière
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Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway


an easterly direction. The line continues south from here, where after 95 km the line from Gare d'Albi and Gare de Rodez join at Gare de Tessonnières, although most interchanges are made at Gare de Gaillac. From here the line twists and turns around the River Tarn until Gare de Saint-Sulpice-sur-Tarn where the river heads northwest. At Saint-Sulpice the line from Gare de Castres joins and the former line to Montauban leaves. The line continues a further 30 km before arriving at its southern terminus of
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Dunkirk


measuring point for the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790), which used trigonometry to calculate the precise distance between the Paris Observatory and the Royal Greenwich Observatory. Sightings were made of signal lights at Dover Castle from the Dunkirk Belfry, and vice versa. Dunkirk has a ferry with the firm DFDS with regular services each day to England. The Gare de Dunkerque railway station offers connections to Gare de Calais-Ville, Gare de Lille Flandres, Arras and Paris, and several regional destinations in France. The railway line from Dunkirk
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Paris during the Second Empire


in a different direction: the Gare du Nord, which connected to Great Britain via ferry; the Gare de Strasbourg (now Gare de l'Est) to Strasbourg, Germany and Eastern Europe; the Gare de Lyon, run by the Company Paris-Lyon-Mediterranée, to Lyon and the south of France; the Gare d'Orleans (now the Gare d'Austerlitz), to Bordeaux and southwest France; the Gare d'Orsay; the Gare de Vincennes; the Gare de l'Ouest Rive Gauche on the Left Bank where the Gare Montparnasse is today
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TGV Lyria


Gare de l'Est instead of Gare de Lyon until 2011. The service now uses new stock, the TGV POS. In February 2011, service improvements were announced, with a fleet of 19 TGV POS trains offering increased frequencies. Since 12 December 2010, the travel time on the Paris–Geneva line has improved with the reconstruction of the Haut-Bugey line, which connects Bourg-en-Bresse and Bellegarde-sur-Valserine. Until then, only the western part of the line was open (up to Oyonnax)
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Gare de Marseille-Blancarde


the Paris-Côte d'Azur and the Blue Train in particular), which avoided the creep in Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles by borrowing the connection of the Carthusians (service restored at the end of 2015). The existence of a tram line (line 68) linking the Blancarde station in the heart of the city by the Chave boulevard and the tunnel under the Plain facilitated its use. The removal of this has considerably diminished the importance of this station. From 2009, the station was the subject of improvement works
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Gare de Serqueux


The Gare de Serqueux (Serqueux station) is a railway station located in the commune of Serqueux in the Seine-Maritime department, France. It is an interchange station between the Amiens - Rouen line and the Gisors - Serqueux - Dieppe line. The station also had a connection to Charleval Serqueux, an important railway junction, was bombed in World War II. The church and part of the village were destroyed, but the station, with its architecture typical of the Nord company, remained untouched. In November 2006, the
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Gare du Nord


The Gare du Nord () ("Station of the North"), officially Paris-Nord, is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. It serves train services toward regions north of Paris, along the Paris–Lille railway. Near Gare de l'Est in the 10th arrondissement, the Gare du Nord offers connections with several urban transport lines, including Paris Métro, RER and buses. By the number of travelers, around 222 million per year, it is the busiest
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Neuchâtel railway station


Pontarlier, and for the BLS line from Bern. Neuchâtel railway station is situated at Place de la Gare to the north east of the city centre, about a 15-minute walk from the central pedestrian zone. The Funambule funicular links the station to the lower part of the town, near the University. The station offers highly frequent services from/to many cities in Switzerland: Neuchâtel lost its TGV Lyria connections to Paris Gare de Lyon. Instead, a dedicated regional service takes passengers to Frasne, where the connection with the TGV
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E) and La Chapelle Métro Station (2 platforms, line 2). Today, the Gare du Nord is the busiest railway station in Europe, with over 700,000 passengers daily. Most of the passengers are commuters travelling in from the northern suburbs of Paris and outlying towns; only 3 per cent of the traffic is accounted for by Eurostar. There is a further construction project to build a connecting hallway between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est, which is projected to open around the time when the new LGV Est begins
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Gare de Clermont-de-l'Oise


The Gare de Clermont-de-l'Oise is a railway station located in the town of Clermont in the Oise department in northern France. It is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains on line 27 (Paris Nord - Amiens). The station is staffed on weekdays and is equipped with an automatic ticket dispenser. There are two free paved car parks, with 120 and 200 spaces respectively. Both are underequipped and undersized; renovating them would require charging for parking. Connections are available to intercity buses, but little
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Quai de la Gare (Paris Métro)


Quai de la Gare is a station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the intersection of the "Quai de la Gare" and the "Boulevard Vincent Auriol" in the 13th arrondissement. The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942). It is named after the "Quai de la Gare" on the south bank of the Seine,
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Gare des Aubrais


The gare des Aubrais (before 2014: "gare des Aubrais-Orléans") is a main-line railway station located in the town of Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, central France, and serving the greater Orléans district. It is situated on the Paris to Bordeaux railway and is also the northern terminus of the Orléans to Montauban line. TGV and most other long-distance trains serve only the Gare des Aubrais, and not the more central Gare d'Orléans. The following services currently call at Les Aubrais:
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Cossonay–Gare–Ville funicular


as a water counterbalance funicular. In 1982, the line was rebuilt and converted to electric operation, with new cabins and stations. The funicular was again completely overhauled between 2012 and 2014, reopening on June 10. At the same time, the 1982-built cabins were refurbished and repainted in its owner's green and cream. During the overhaul period, a replacement bus operated the connection. The "Compagnie du Chemin de fer Funiculaire de la Gare à la Ville de Cossonay ", after a name change in 2003 "Funiculaire de
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Gare du Nord


element, who use the anonymity of large crowds, both at the station and nearby Metro lines on crowded subway cars, to pickpocket unsuspecting tourists. The following services currently call at Paris Nord: Gare du Nord is well connected to the Paris RER network. Lines B and D call at platforms under the station. Line B serves Charles de Gaulle Airport (Roissy), Mitry – Claye in the north-east of the city and Antony (for Orly Airport), Massy-Palaiseau) (for Massy TGV and Saint
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Lorenz Caffier


and Thomas Oppermann. In similar negotiations to form a coalition government following the 2017 federal elections, he was again part of the working group on internal and legal affairs, this time led by Thomas de Maizière, Stephan Mayer and Heiko Maas. Caffier was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. In 2012, Caffier caused controversy when he proposed that football fans might have to pass through "face scanners" at stadiums, comparing visitors' biometric data to a database of
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Gare de Chaulnes


The Gare de Chaulnes (Chaulnes station) is a railway station located in the commune of Chaulnes in the Somme department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains from Amiens to Laon. Its elevation is 94 m. Formerly, the station was also connected to a railway line from Paris-Nord to Cambrai via Saint-Just-en-Chaussée, Montdidier, Chaulnes and Roisel. The sections between Saint-Just-en-Chaussée and Roye, and between Péronne and Épehy have been dismantled
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Gare de Mennessis


The Gare de Mennessis (Mennessis station) is a railway station located in the commune of Mennessis in the Aisne department, northern France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains, and is situated on the railway lines from Amiens to Reims via Tergnier and Laon, and from Paris-Nord to Busigny via Creil, Compiègne and Saint-Quentin. The direct rail connection from Amiens to Saint-Quentin between the stations of Flavy-le-Martel and Montescourt (bypassing Mennessis) has been reopened in
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Gare de Roanne


The Gare de Roanne is a French railway station located on the Moret–Lyon railway line in the city of Roanne, an administrative center of the department of the Loire in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. This station is served by the SNCF (Intercités) and by Fret SNCF. It is also a regional station of the TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes network (a regional rail network serving the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), connecting by "express regional" (TER) trains. Eighty-six
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Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)


between Place d'Italie and "Gare d'Orléans", as "Gare d'Austerlitz" was then known. It was the northern terminus of the line until it was extended to Quai de la Rapée (then called "Place Mazas") on 13 July 1906. The line 10 platforms opened on 12 July 1939 when the line was extended from Jussieu. The station was originally named the "Gare d'Orléans" after the main station of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans company, which had opened a line from Paris to the south
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Gare de Lauterbourg


The Gare de Lauterbourg (Lauterbourg station) is a station in the town of Lauterbourg in the département of Bas-Rhin in the French region of Grand Est. It is on the SNCF and the TER Alsace networks and is served by regional express trains. As a border station, it is also served by Deutsche Bahn trains. Lauterbourg station is 111 metres above sea level and located at kilometric point 55.493 on the line from Strasbourg to Lauterbourg, between Mothern and the Franco-German border. It is connected to the German
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Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway


direction and the preserved line to Martel in a westerly direction. The line soon crosses the River Dordogne and follows the valley for a short while before it opens out into flat land. The Gare de Figeac is on two curves, where the line from Gare d'Aurillac joins. Shortly after leaving Figeac the railway travels through a 1.3 km tunnel and then travels alongside the River Lot and the preserved railway from Cahors joins, however this line has been disused since 2003. At Gare de Capdenac the line to Gare de Rodez leaves in
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Chambourcy


Buses: Line R4 serves the city center of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Aigremont and route which terminates at Paris centre. Train and Rail: R.ER A to La Défense Paris (Etoile, Auber, Châtelet-les-Halles, Gare de Lyon, Nation) Connection from Poissy RER A to La Défense and Paris (Etoile, Auber, Chatelet-les-Halles, Gare de Lyon, Nation) The town's church, dedicated to Saint Clothilde (wife of Clovis I, king of the Franks,
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Gare d'Estrées-Saint-Denis


The Gare d’Estrées-Saint-Denis (Estrées-Saint-Denis station) is a railway station in the commune of Estrées-Saint-Denis, Oise department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains (Amiens - Compiègne line). Estrées-Saint-Denis was previously a local railway centre, with connections to Clermont-de-l'Oise and to Ormoy-Villers. In 1899, there were 26 passenger trains a day in 5 directions: Compiègne, Verberie, Saint-Just
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eastern France, the Gare de l'Est was begun in 1847, but not finished until 1852. Construction of a new station for the line to the south, from Paris to Montereau-Fault-Yonne began in 1847 and was finished in 1852. In 1855 it was replaced by a new station, the first Gare de Lyon, on the same site. The rapidly growing French economy under Napoleon III led to major changes in the architecture and urban design of Paris. New types of architecture connected with the economic expansion; railroad
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Paimpol


Paimpol () is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwest France. It is a tourist destination, especially during the summer months when people are attracted by its port and beaches. Inhabitants of Paimpol are called "paimpolais" in French. The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 29 September 2008. In 2008, 11.8% of primary school children attended bilingual schools. The Gare de Paimpol is connected by trains to Gare de Guingamp with the Paris-Montparnasse–Brest line. Blue
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Gare de la Bastille


In 1945, the "Gare de la Bastille" became for a few months what it had originally been intended to be, a main line terminus or "Gare des Grande Lignes". This followed the wartime destruction of a viaduct at Nogent-sur-Marne that had cut the main line from the "Gare de l'Est" to Mulhouse so long-distance trains were diverted to Bastille. In 1953, the "Ligne de Vincennes" closed to passengers beyond Boissy-Saint-Léger. In the mid-1960s, construction of
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Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture


that year, Paris had five major rail stations, all located just inside the city tax walls, each run by separate companies: Paris-Rouen (later Ouest, near today's gare Saint-Lazare, Nord (at today's gare du Nord), Paris-Strasbourg (later Est, at today's gare de l'Est), Paris-Lyon (at today's gare de Lyon) and Paris-Orléans (at today's gare d'Austerlitz). Since the rail barons of the time were persuaded that direct connection
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CEVA rail


CEVA (Cornavin‒Eaux-Vives‒Annemasse) is an orbital rail line, currently under construction, designed to connect the main Gare de Cornavin railway station of Geneva (Switzerland) on the north of Lake Geneva with Gare d'Annemasse in Annemasse (France), to the south of Lake Geneva. When completed, the link will allow through running between the main Swiss rail network and the isolated line east of Annemasse in Haute-Savoie, which was served until 2013 by French SNCF services. A new station is under construction on the route at
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Aix, Corrèze


as well as many small country roads. To the south-east of the town about 1.5 km in a direct line is the railway station of "La Marsalouse" which is served by TER Limousin and TER Auvergne trains which link Clermont-Ferrand to Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins and Gare de Brive-la-Gaillarde. TER buses also connect Aix and La Marsalouse to Ussel and Montlucon town, this route having been transferred to the road on 29 February 2008. There are many forests covering the commune with approximately 50%
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Gare de Lexos


fer de Paris à Orléans (CFPO), when it inaugurated the Montauban to Capdenac line, which it took over on 11 April 1857 whilst it was still under construction following the failure of the . The station is located on the north bank of the Aveyron. The imposing neo-18th C station was built in several phases between 1858 and its completion in 1883. It is thought to have been modelled on the then Paris terminus of the CFPO, the Gare d'Austerlitz. The station was connected to Toulouse on 24 October 1864 when the
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Gare de Cannes-La Bocca


Gare de Cannes-La Bocca is a railway station in the city of Cannes, southern France. The station opened on 10 April 1863 when the line from Les Arcs to Cagnes-sur-Mer (part of the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway) opened to passengers. The station is both a passenger station and a goods/maintenance depot. Engine maintenance was transferred from Cannes-Ville in 1880 and the goods yard opened in 1883. Cannes-La Bocca is situated alongside the beach and a connection to local ferries is possible
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LGV Méditerranée


Alpes. The new Gare de Valence TGV lies at the interchange with the regular Valence-Grenoble line, allowing rapid connections towards Valence, Romans-sur-Isère and Grenoble. At Crest, an emergency link is provided to the Briançon-Loriol line. The LGV then approaches the Rhône, rejoining the A7 autoroute at Montélimar. After crossing the Canal de Donzère-Mondragon, the line connects to the regular network by an emergency link situated between Pierrelatte and Lapalud. Spanning the Rhône three times (twice at Mornas, once
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Gare de Mulhouse


The Gare de Mulhouse, also known as Gare de Mulhouse-Ville or locally as Gare Centrale, is the main railway station in the city of Mulhouse, Alsace, France. It is the eastern terminus of the Paris–Mulhouse railway. Rail services from Mulhouse to the following stations are available: A tram stop on the forecourt of the station serves as the terminus of lines 2 and 3 of the Mulhouse tramway, as well as the tram-train service to Thann. The outer section of this tram-train line
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Gare de Montdidier


the line from Boulogne to Paris via Amiens, Longueau and Creil. This was one of the main lines of the Nord company, and then of the SNCF, until the introduction of TGV routes. Montdidier continues to be connected to Saint-Just-en-Chaussée and Roisel via TER Picardie coach service, but current timetables do not allow connections between the two lines which remain active (Montdidier - St Just and Amiens - Compiègne). The station formerly also allowed connections to the metre-gauge lines in the Somme operated
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Paris during the Second Empire


Boulogne to the west, the Bois de Vincennes to the east, the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont to the north, and Parc Montsouris to the south. To better connect his capital with the rest of France, and to serve as the grand gateways of the city, Napoleon III built two new train stations, the Gare du Nord and the Gare d'Austerlitz, and rebuilt the Gare de Paris-Est and the Gare de Lyon. To revitalize the cultural life of the city, he demolished the old theater district, the
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Gare de l'Est (Paris Métro)


Gare de l'Est (Verdun) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Lines 4, 5, and 7. It is the fifth busiest station on the network. The station was opened on 15 November 1907 as part of the extension of line 5 from "Lancry" (now Jacques Bonsergent) to Gare du Nord. The line 4 platforms were opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt. The line 7 platforms were opened on 5 November 1910 as
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Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway


The railway from Épinay-Villetaneuse to Le Tréport-Mers is a French 173-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to Le Tréport on the English Channel coast. It was opened in several stages between 1872 and 1877. The Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway begins near the Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse, where it branches off the railway from Paris to Pontoise. It winds in generally northern direction to the Gare de Montsoult-Maffliers, where the line to Luzarches branches off. It crosses the river Oise in Persan
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Valence (city)


of sharka and a bacterial infection forcing wilt since 2003. The central railway station of Valence is the Gare de Valence-Ville, located just south of the town centre. The station offers connections to Lyon, Grenoble, Avignon, Gap and several regional destinations. In 2001 the Gare de Valence TGV opened along with the LGV Méditerranée, a high-speed rail line extending south from Valence to Marseille. The station is only south of the end of the LGV Rhône-Alpes, giving Valence much shorter journey times to northern
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Orléans–Montauban railway


The railway from Orléans to Montauban is an important French 544-kilometre long railway line, that connects Orléans and northern France to Montauban and southern France via Limoges. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1893, when the section from Limoges to Brive-la-Gaillarde was finished. The Orléans–Montauban railway leaves the Gare des Aubrais, entering its terminus Gare de Montauban-Ville-Bourbon after a total length of 544 km. The main stations on the Orléans–Montauban railway are: The section Orléans–Châteauroux
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Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV


Champagne-Ardenne TGV is a railway station located in Bezannes, France that opened in 2007 along with the LGV Est, a high-speed rail line running from Paris to Strasbourg. It is situated about five kilometres south of Reims; the station is a stop for classical TGV, Ouigo and TER Grand Est services. Twenty-seven TGV trains serve the station daily in each direction, for a total of fifty-four trains per day. It is directly connected to the stations of: Gare de l'Est, Aéroport Charles
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Gare de Luchon


The gare de Luchon is a railway station in Bagnères-de-Luchon, Occitanie, France. The station is the southern terminus of the Montréjeau–Luchon railway line. Due to the poor state of the Montréjeau–Luchon railway, operation of the line was suspended starting November 18, 2014, by SNCF and RFF; only TER coaches now offer the Montréjeau–Luchon trip, As a consequence, the gare de Luchon is no longer operating. The following services used to call at Luchon before the line was suspended:
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Paris Métro Line 10


(SDRIF). Nevertheless, many projects have been proposed over the years. One proposal consists of expanding line 10 from "Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud" to the train station "gare de Saint-Cloud", via an intermediate station at "Parc de Saint-Cloud". Such an expansion would total about in total. Line 10 would then have a connection with the tramway T2 at "Parc de Saint-Cloud" and with the Transilien network of "Paris-St-Lazare" at the
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Gare de Bitche


The Gare de Bitche ("Bitche station", ), formerly "Gare de Bitche-Ville" ("Bitche city station"), is a railway station on the Haguenau–Hargarten-Falck line, located in the town of Bitche in the French department of Moselle. It was opened in by the Chemins de fer de l'Est and closed in by the SNCF along with the Sarreguemines–Bitche section of the railway line. The junction station of Bitche is at an altitude of 307 metres and located at the kilometre
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Calais


400 million euro project is underway at the port to create a breakwater protecting a pool of 700 meters long, thus allowing virtually all types of ships to stop at Calais. As well as the large port, the town is served by three railway stations: Gare de Calais-Fréthun, Gare de Calais-Ville, and Gare des Fontinettes, the former being the first stop on mainland Europe of the Eurostar line. Gare de Calais-Ville is the nearest station to the port with trains to Gare de Boulogne-Ville
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List of Intercity-Express lines


Frankfurt Central Station and continue into Belgium or The Netherlands: All these lines continue outside Germany. They connect Munich and Frankfurt with France and Frankfurt with Switzerland: The train of line 81 connects Freiburg im Breisgau with Paris. The first train station in France is Mulhouse. Then it travels on the LGV Rhin-Rhône and the LGV Sud-Est until the Gare de Lyon. The line is served by single trains only. This is the only line that is however not served by InterCityExpress. Line 82 begins its journey
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Cherbourg-Octeville


as a main line station there was also the "Gare Maritime Transatlantique" station. This now forms part of the "Cité de la mer". The "Compagnie des transports de Cherbourg" (CTC) was created in 1896, connecting the "Place de Tourlaville" and the "Place du Château" by a in Cherbourg, then to Urville. After the German occupation and bombardment of the tram depot, the use of buses took over, and it was not until 1962 that the network had several lines. From
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Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues


line between Gare de Boulogne-Ville and Saint-Martin-Boulogne. The CF de BB was extended to the Gare de Boulogne-Ville on 12 May 1902, giving a total length of . Boulogne and Bonningues-lès-Ardres are from each other in a direct line. By November 1902, the CF de BB was asking the department for permission to reduce the number of trains between Gare de Boulogne-Ville and Saint-Martin-Boulogne. It is likely that the request was granted. In 1909, the
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Gare de Noyelles


The Gare de Noyelles is a railway station serving the town Noyelles-sur-Mer, Somme department, northern France. It is served by mainline trains on the Boulogne - Abbeville line, and also by the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme heritage railway trains to Le Crotoy, Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Cayeux-sur-Mer. Gare de Noyelles station opened in 1845 when the Chemin de Fer du Nord standard gauge line between Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais and Amiens, Somme opened.
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Gare de Lyon (Paris Métro)


was temporarily located at the spare platforms, requiring a reversal at Quai de la Rapée. On 17 December 1906 Line 5 was extended to Jacques Bonsergent and the section between "Quai de la Rapée" and "Gare de Lyon" was closed. The route of the closed line and the spare platforms at "Gare de Lyon" were used as part of a 60 cm (24 in) gauge railway, known as the "Voie des Finances", operated by the Ministry of Finance to move currency from 1937 to 1957
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Bellevue funicular


The Bellevue funicular (), in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine department, was from 1893 to 1934 a funicular running from the Bellevue-Funiculaire station on the Coteaux line (today, "Brimborion"), to the Gare de Bellevue, on the Paris–Brest railway line. The line, designed by the engineers Guyenet, Madamet and Tinel, was of single track rising . After being permitted to cross the Coteaux line, the lower station was raised to connect with the route from Vaugirard (Bas Meudon)
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Avenue Henri-Martin


Quartier” is a part of town): Muette, which lies in the eastern part, Porte Dauphine in the western part. At the eastern end of the street there is a metro station (Rue de la Pompe), which is a stop on line nine. At the western end the station Gare de l’avenue Henri Martin, which is connected with the RER lines, is operated from the lines C1 and C3. The Avenue Henri-Martin continues in the western part of Rue de la Pompe as the Avenue Georges
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Gare d'Épinay-sur-Seine


Épinay-sur-Seine () is one of the two railway stations in the commune of Épinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis department, France (the other being the Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse). The station opened in 1908 on what was then called the Les Grésillons line, which in 1988 was incorporated into the North Branch of the RER C as part of the Vallée de Montmorency - Les Invalides connection project. The station was built by the Nord company in 1908 as part of the opening of
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Brussels Metro line 5


of Brussels, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Koekelberg and Anderlecht. It serves 28 metro stations and has a common section with line 1 between Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation and Mérode station, and with lines 2 and 6 between West station and Beekkant. At Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet the line also connects with lines 2 and 6. Railway connections are possible at Brussels-Central railway station, Schuman station, Mérode and West station. The first section of this line was built in the late 1960s between Schuman station
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RER D


dedicated tunnel opened in 1995 to connect it to the SNCF network south of "Gare de Lyon", part of which was transferred to the RER. Initially, the "métro régional", the ancestor to the RER, was conceived of three lines, one going from east to west (the future RER A), a new line built from existing lines (the future RER C), the extension of the Ligne de Sceaux and with its interconnection with an SNCF line, along with a supplementary interconnected north-south
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RER D


is, within the jurisdiction of the Île-de-France mobilités (STIF), but the some of the branch line ends at the north and south are outside this region. Due to a high rate of incidents, social issues and poor on time performance, the line is sometimes colloquially known as the "RER poubelle" (trash line). Line D also links Gare du Nord with Gare de Lyon via Châtelet – Les-Halles. The northern section of Gare du Nord opened in the late 1980s; a
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Paris Métro Line 10


train station "gare de Saint-Cloud". This westward expansion was not included in the SDRIF that was adopted in 2008, possibly due to the plan to create a southwestern branch of the Arc Express. A recurring request of passengers has been to extend line 10 eastward, traversing the Seine between "gare d'Austerlitz" and "gare de Lyon" to provide service to the latter as these two neighboring train stations are not linked to each other by any métro or RER line. The current configuration of the line and the
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Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture


Mars, and make the required modifications to their Auteuil line that would allow it to be used by freight trains. The Ceinture Rive Gauche line began service on 25 February 1867, and the 'temporary' Grenelle-Champ de Mars portion of track entered service two days later, all in time for the Exposition opening. All that remained was the portion of rail connecting the Auteuil lines to the Ceinture Rive Droite under the railway lines from the (rebuilt and renamed since 1853) Gare St-Lazare: the underpass construction began
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Bordeaux Tramway Line C


The C line of the Bordeaux tramway is operated by Transports Bordeaux Métropole, and connects Les Aubiers to Terres Neuves. Being connected to the line A and line B, it will link Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean to different communes of the CUB. Much like Line B, Line C experienced technical problems with the ground-level power supply (APS) which delayed its opening. It was inaugurated on 24 April 2004. Line C was prolonged towards Grand Parc on 19 November 2007 pending completion of important work brought about by
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Gare de Dijon-Porte-Neuve


Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) train station, served by Burgundy TER trains and open for cargo transport. Gare de Dijon-Porte-Neuve is located at kilometre post 321.935 on the "Dijon-Ville – Is-sur-Tille Line". This situates it between the Dijon-Ville and the Ruffey-lès-Echirey stations. Gare de Dijon-Porte-Neuve is at an altitude of , whereas the altitude of Dijon's main train station, Dijon-ville, is . The Gare de Dijon
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Gare TGV Haute-Picardie


TGV Haute-Picardie is a railway station on the LGV Nord-Europe between Lille and Paris. Geographically, it is located about west of Péronne, between the towns of Saint Quentin and Amiens, in the heart of the Battle of the Somme territory. When built, it was criticised by the press for being too far from any of the neighbouring towns to be useful. It was located near a trunk road rather than a connecting railway line: it was often nicknamed "la gare des betteraves," or 'sugar
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Chemins de Fer du Nord


railway from Paris to Lille and Valenciennes, branch lines to Dunkirk and Calais and two new lines Creil - Saint-Quentin and Fampoux - Hazebrouck to the CF du Nord. From the Gare du Nord station the company built in Paris, the Paris–Lille railway line led north towards Belgium, first connecting in 1846 to Amiens, Douai and Lille, with a branch line from Douai to Valenciennes. Lille and Valenciennes had already been connected to the Belgian railway network in 1842. The new line made it possible to travel by
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Marseille


Marseille has a large ferry terminal, the "Gare Maritime", with services to Corsica, Sardinia, Algeria and Tunisia. Marseille is connected by the Marseille Métro train system operated by the "Régie des transports de Marseille" (RTM). It consists of two lines: Line 1 (blue) between Castellane and La Rose opened in 1977 and Line 2 (red) between Sainte-Marguerite-Dromel and Bougainville opened between 1984 and 1987. An extension of the Line 1 from Castellane to La Timone was completed in
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Gare de Paris-Bercy-Bourgogne-Pays d'Auvergne


, as well as to Venice and Milan. This finished in 2011 and these now depart from Gare de Lyon. It is located in the Bercy area of the 12th arrondissement, close to the Bercy sports arena on the Boulevard de Bercy. It is also close to the Gare de Lyon. Access from the Paris Métro is by Line 6 or Line 14 to Bercy Métro station. The modern station occupies the site of a large former goods station that was once famous as the main arrival point and distribution centre for wine in
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RER B


shared tunnel with RER D between Châtelet – Les Halles and Gare du Nord, and the fact that while the SNCF part in the northern suburbs use 25 kV AC, the RATP part uses 1500 V DC, forcing the use of dual-voltage trains. Line B was the product of the connection in 1977 of the Ligne de Sceaux terminus, Luxembourg, with the Gare du Nord via Châtelet – Les Halles. In 1988 St-Michel – Notre-Dame station between "Luxembourg" and "Châtelet – Les Halles"
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Gare de Bouffémont - Moisselles


Bouffémont - Moisselles is a railway station located in Bouffémont (Val d'Oise department), France and also serves nearby Moisselles. It is situated on the Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway, which connects the Paris agglomeration with the coastal resort Le Tréport via Beauvais. The station is served by Transilien suburban trains from the Gare du Nord in Paris to Persan-Beaumont and to Luzarches. The daily number of passengers was between 500 and 2,500 in 2002. The station has 150 parking spaces. The line from Épinay-
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Gare Maritime de Dieppe


. By 1859, profits had begun to diminish and the two railway companies bought the maritime operations. The original "Steamer Depot" was built on the quai Henri IV connected to the Dieppe Station by a short branch line that ran along quai Duquesne, past the trade and industry offices, fire station, the fishing syndicate and the public fish market. The Paris train ran alongside the quay in front of a long narrow building that included goods and passenger terminals and a restaurant. This building later became the Gare Maritime's goods
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Lyon Metro Line D


Line D () is a rapid transit line on the Lyon Metro. It runs east-west underneath the two major rivers of Lyon, connecting Vieux Lyon with the Presqu'ile and the Part-Dieu region. Line D commenced operation under human control on 4 September 1991, between "Gorge-de-Loup" and "Grange-Blanche". It was extended to "Gare de Vénissieux" on 11 December 1992, when it switched to automatic (driverless) operation, also known as MAGGALY ("Métro Automatique à
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Cossonay–Gare–Ville funicular


The Cossonay–Gare–Ville funicular () is a funicular railway connecting the town of Cossonay in the Swiss canton of Vaud with Cossonay railway station, on the line from Lausanne to Vallorbe and Yverdon-les-Bains. The lower funicular station is called Cossonay-Gare, but is in the village of Penthalaz. The upper station, some above, is named Cossonay-Ville . The line was opened in 1897, and was initially operated as a water counterbalance funicular. In 1969, the line was automated, still
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Gare de Caen


Caen, "Gare de l'Ouest" or "Gare Calvados", is the main and now only station serving the city of Caen. The station stands on the main line from Paris to Cherbourg and although it mainly is an intercity station many regional trains use the station. Typical services link Caen to Lisieux, Évreux, Paris, Rouen, Saint-Lô, Rennes, Bayeux and Lison. The station opened in 1857 with the arrival of the CF de l'Ouest line from Paris. The station was rebuilt by Henri Pacon in
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Turin–Lyon high-speed railway


seven hours to four, becoming time-competitive with plane travel for town-center to town-center travel. The line is divided into three sections constructed under distinct managements: The French section of the new line is planned with eventually separate paths for passengers and freight between Lyon and the Maurienne valley. The passenger line will link the LGV Sud-Est (through a connection South of gare de Lyon-Saint-Exupéry) and the downtown Lyon stations to both Italy and Chambéry. It will connect near Chambéry to the
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Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV


de Gaulle 2 – TGV, Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy, and Massy TGV in Île-de-France. TGV connect it directly in Lille, Rennes (one train), Nantes, Bordeaux, and Strasbourg. However, Champagne-Ardenne TGV is not served by the TGV Sud-Est, and there is no direct connection to Lyon and Avignon. There are also TGV trains to Gare de Reims, the older station in downtown Reims. The station is also served by the Reims tramway, which provides
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Gare de Lorraine TGV


Lorraine TGV is a railway station located in Louvigny, France, on the LGV Est, a high-speed rail line running from Paris to Strasbourg. Opened in 2007 as part of the first phase of the new line, it is situated near Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport, between the cities of Metz and Nancy. As the two other new LGV Est stations (Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV and Gare de Meuse TGV) it is used by classical TGV and Ouigo services. When built, it was criticised for
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Gare d'Eu


The Gare d'Eu (Eu station) is a railway station located in the commune of Eu in the Seine-Maritime department, France, in the region of Normandy. It is the main station for Eu; the former Gare d'Eu-la Mouillette was better located but served by only one rail line. The station was previously called Gare d'Eu-La Chaussée or simply Gare de la Chaussée. It was opened by the Nord company on 11 May 1872 as part of the line between Longroy-Gamaches and Le Tréport-Mers
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Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry


Gare de Saint-Exupéry TGV (formerly "Gare de Satolas TGV") is a railway station near Lyon, France, directly attached to Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport. The station was built as an addition to the airport to serve TGV trains on the LGV Rhône-Alpes, part of the main line running from Paris Gare de Lyon to Marseille Saint-Charles. It is situated about 20 km east of Lyon city centre. Saint-Exupéry station was designed by Santiago Calatrava, cost 750 million Francs and opened
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Gare des Brotteaux


The Gare des Brotteaux is an old railway station located in the Brotteaux quarter, in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon. Built by the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée company (PLM), and especially by Parisian architect Paul d'Arbaut and engineer Victor-Louis Rascol, the station served the line to Ambérieu-en-Bugey and Geneva. Its style is almost the same as the Gare d'Orsay which was built at the same time. The first station, called Gare de Genève, was created in 1858, then was replaced by the
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Montparnasse – Bienvenüe (Paris Métro)


vulnerable to air attack during World War II). The Line 4 platforms opened as Montparnasse in the Boulevard du Montparnasse, near the main entrance of the old Gare Montparnasse (on its northern side) on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. The Line 12 platforms were opened in the Boulevard du Montparnasse on 5 November 1910 as part of the first section of the Nord-Sud Company's Line C from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-
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Chemins de Fer du Calvados


between Caen and Falaise; and an line between Bayeux and Port-en-Bessin. These lines opened between 1899 and 1902. On 18 January 1904, a short extension opened between Falaise-Château and Falaise Gare, connecting with the standard gauge main line. Between 1904 and 1906 further extensions were added, a line between Molay de Littry and Balleroy, and a line between Bayeux and St. Martin-les-Besaces. This left two isolated systems, which were joined by laying a dual gauge track on the standard gauge
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Gare de Lyon (Paris Métro)


. The Line 1 platforms were raised during the weekend of 18 and 19 July 2009 as part of the automation of Line 1. The station of Line 14 was opened on 15 October 1998. It is located south of the Gare de Lyon in the Rue de Bercy, next to the stations of RER lines A and D. It has two lines on either side of a large central platform. Between the eastbound lane from Olympiades and the RATP headquarters is an exotic garden. The Board of Directors of the Syndicat des transports d'Île
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TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais


lines. This enables them to connect Lille to Calais, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dunkerque and Arras in less than an hour. Three or four weekends per year the Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional council offers a promotion called opération TER-MER. The promotion offers return tickets to a chosen beach for €1; passengers travel to a local station from where shuttle buses guarantee an on-connection to the beach. This promotion was used by 50,000 people in 2005. The railway is electrified from Gare de
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Gare de Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg


Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg (Catalan: La Tor de Querol-Enveig) or Latour-de-Carol is a railway station in Enveitg and Latour-de-Carol, Occitanie, France. It is the current terminus of three lines. France's SNCF operates TER (local) services on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway (from Toulouse-Matabiau) and on the Ligne de Cerdagne known as "Petit Train Jaune" (from Villefranche-de-Conflent, with connections to Perpignan)
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Berchem-Sainte-Agathe station


Berchem-Sainte-Agathe () station is a railway station in the municipality of Berchem-Sainte-Agathe in Brussels, Belgium. The station operated by the SNCB/NMBS is located on the line 50, which connects the Brussels-North railway station to the Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station between the stations of Jette and Groot-Bijgaarden. It can be accessed from the "Place de la Gare/Stationplein" next to the "Chaussée de Gand/Gentsesteenweg". The station connects with Brussels tram routes
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Gare du Nord (Paris Métro)


Gare du Nord is a Paris Métro station, and serving line 4 and line 5. It is the busiest station in the system (not including RER), with 48 million entrances a year. It is connected to the SNCF's major station, Gare du Nord, literally, "Station of the North", which serves RER lines B and D and Transilien Nord commuter trains as well as interurban trains to northern France, Eurostar trains to London and Thalys trains to Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne. The station is also
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Fréjus


beaches. As a backdrop there is the massif de l'Esterel, the (Esterel hills) and its 'Nature' base situated on the sea edge, as well as protecting the area and its environment. Many sporting events are held here. There's the annual 'Roc Azur' mountain bike event. The Gare de Fréjus railway station offers connections to Toulon, Nice and several regional destinations. Long distance destinations are accessible from the nearby Gare de Saint-Raphaël-Valescure. The A8 motorway connects Fréjus with Aix-en
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Gare de Denfert-Rochereau


19th century as it required the construction of specific engines capable of travelling on very tight curves and broad gauge tracks of . The line was extended to the Gare du Luxembourg in 1895, with the newly created Port-Royal station along the way. The line was operated by the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans until 1937 when the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Métropolitain de Paris (CMP) (predecessor of the RATP) took over. It became line B of the RER in 1977 on being extended to meet line A
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