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Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac) Railway
The Brive-la-Gaillarde - Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway is a 248-kilometre 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. Route The Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse railway leaves the Brive-la-Gaillarde station in a southeastern direction, towards Saint-Denis-près-Martel station. Here, the line to Aurillac station leaves in an easterly 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 Figeac station is on two curves, where the line from Aurillac station 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; but this line has been disused since 2003. At Capdenac statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic along with Monaco, including the TGV, on France's high-speed rail network. Its functions include operation of railway services for passengers and freight (through its subsidiaries SNCF Voyageurs and Rail Logistics Europe), as well as maintenance and signalling of rail infrastructure ( SNCF Réseau). The railway network consists of about of route, of which are high-speed lines and electrified. About 14,000 trains are operated daily. In 2010 the SNCF was ranked 22nd in France and 214th globally on the Fortune Global 500 list. It is the main business of the SNCF Group, which in 2020 had €30 billion of sales in 120 countries. The SNCF Group employs more than 275,000 employees in France and around the world. Since July 2013, the SNCF Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figeac Station
Figeac is a railway station in Figeac, Occitanie, France. The station is a ''keilbahnhof'', situated at the junction of the Brive–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway and Figeac–Arvant railway lines. The station is served by Intercités de nuit (night train) and TER (local) services operated by SNCF. The station was mostly destroyed by a fire of mysterious origin overnight the 21-22 of November 2018. Despite the efforts of around fifty firefighters from Figeac and surrounding areas, the station's smoke-stained walls were pretty much all that remained standing. An inquiry ruled the fire as "accidental," but questions remain. Reconstruction of the station began in 2021, and it is expected to re-open to passengers in early 2023. In the meantime, SNCF has moved its operations to a nearby parking lot where buses and trains now embark their passengers. The station itself is located south of the river Célé The Célé is a long river in the Cantal and Lot departments in south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capdenac-Gare
Capdenac-Gare (; oc, Capdenac) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. The old village of Capdenac is directly west of Capdenac-Gare, across the river Lot. In the southern outskirts of Capdenac-Gare is the area of Massip. As the name suggests, Capdenac-Gare is the home to the railway station serving Capdenac. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 Communes of France, communes of the Aveyron Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References Communes of Aveyron[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexos Station
Lexos is a railway station in Varen, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France. It is on the Brive-Toulouse (via Capdenac) line and is served by TER (local) services operated by SNCF. A former Montauban branch line also terminated here. It was opened in 1858 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans. Its imposing passenger terminal building was classified as a Monument historique in 2007. History The station at Lexos was opened on 30 August 1858 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (CFPO), when it inaugurated the Montauban to Capdenac line, which it took over on 11 April 1857 while it was still under construction following the failure of the :fr:Compagnie du chemin de fer Grand-Central de France. The station is 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 st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montauban
Montauban (, ; oc, Montalban ) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department, region of Occitania, Southern France. It is the capital of the department and lies north of Toulouse. Montauban is the most populated town in Tarn-et-Garonne, and the sixth most populated of Occitanie behind Toulouse, Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan and Béziers. In 2019, there were 61,372 inhabitants, called ''Montalbanais''. The town has been classified ''Ville d’art et d’histoire'' (City of art and history) since 2015. The town, built mainly of a reddish brick, stands on the right bank of the Tarn at its confluence with the Tescou. History Montauban is the second oldest (after Mont-de-Marsan) of the '' bastides'' of southern France. Its foundation dates from 1144 when Count Alphonse Jourdain of Toulouse, granted it a liberal charter. The inhabitants were drawn chiefly from Montauriol, a village which had grown up around the neighbouring monastery of St Théodard. In the 13th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castres Station
Castres is a railway station in Castres, Occitanie, France. It is on the Toulouse–Mazamet railway line. The station is served by TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ... (local) services operated by the SNCF. All trains have to stop at the station as it is a drive-in–reverse-out station. Train services The following services currently call at Castres: TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022. *local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Castres–Mazamet References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Tarn Station
Saint-Sulpice is a railway station in Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe, Occitanie, France. It is on the Brive–Toulouse (via Capdenac) and Saint-Sulpice–Mazamet railway lines. The station is served by TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ... (local) services operated by SNCF.Le réseau régional de transport public TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022. Train services The following services currently call at Saint-Sulpice:[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarn (river)
The Tarn (; oc, Tarn, la, Tarnis, possibly meaning 'rapid' or 'walled in') is a long river in the administrative region of Occitania in southern France. It is a right tributary of the Garonne. The Tarn runs in a roughly westerly direction, from its source at an elevation of on Mont Lozère in the Cévennes mountains (part of the Massif Central), through the deep gorges and canyons of the Gorges du Tarn that cuts through the Causse du Larzac, to Moissac in Tarn-et-Garonne, where it joins the Garonne, downstream from the centre of town. Its basin covers approximately , and it has a mean flow of approximately . The Millau Viaduct spans the valley of the Tarn near Millau, and is now one of the area's most popular attractions. Main tributaries The tributaries of the Tarn include: * Agout (in Saint-Sulpice) * Alrance * Aveyron (near Montauban) * Cernon * Dourbie (in Millau) * Dourdou de Camarès * Jonte (in Le Rozier) * Lemboulas * Lumensonesque * Muze * Rance (near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaillac Station
Gaillac is a railway station in Gaillac, Occitanie, France. It is on the Brive–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffic .... Train services The following services currently call at Gaillac: TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022. *local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Albi–Rodez *local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Figeac–Aurillac References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tessonnières Station
Tessonnières is a railway station in Tessonnières, Occitanie, France. It is on the Brive–Toulouse (via Capdenac) and Tessonnières to Albi railway lines. The station is served by TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ... (local) services operated by SNCF. Train services The following services currently call at Tessonnières: TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022. *local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Albi–Rodez References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albi Station
Albi (; oc, Albi ) is a commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn department, on the river Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ''Albigensians'' (french: Albigeois, Albigeoise(s), oc, albigés -esa(s)). It is the seat of the Archbishop of Albi. The episcopal city, around the Cathedral Sainte-Cécile, was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2010 for its unique architecture. The site includes the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, dedicated to the artist who was born in Albi. Administration Albi is the seat of four cantons, covering 16 communes, with a total population of 72,416 (2019). History The first human settlement in Albi was in the Bronze Age (3000–600 BC). After the Roman conquest of Gaul in 51 BC, the town became ''Civitas Albigensium'', the territory of the Albigeois, ''Albiga''. Archaeological digs have not revealed any traces of Roman buildings, which seems to indicate that Albi was a modest Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodez Station
The gare de Rodez is a railway station in Rodez, Occitanie, France. The station is on the Capdenac–Rodez, Castelnaudary–Rodez and Sévérac-le-Château–Rodez lines. The station is served by Intercités de nuit (night train) and TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ... (local) services operated by SNCF. Train services The following services currently call at Rodez: *night services (''Intercités de nuit'') Paris–Orléans–Figeac–Rodez–Albi *local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Albi–Rodez *local service (TER Occitanie) Brive-la-Gaillarde–Figeac–Rodez Train services between Rodez and Millau were suspended in 2017, and are expected to be resumed in 2026. As a replacement, TER Occitanie bus services to Millau are offered. References Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
