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Gare De Montereau
Montereau is a railway station serving Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne department, northern France. It is on the Paris–Marseille railway The railway from Paris to Marseille is an 862-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southern port city of Marseille, France, via Dijon and Lyon. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1856, when the final secti .... External links * * Railway stations in Seine-et-Marne {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Montereau-Fault-Yonne (), or simply Montereau, is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Montereau-Fault-Yonne is situated at the confluence of the rivers Yonne and Seine, 70 km southeast of Paris. The A5 autoroute (Paris–Troyes–Chaumont) passes northeast of the town. Montereau station has rail connections to Laroche-Migennes, Melun and Paris. Name The city takes its name from its geographical position on the confluence of the Yonne and the Seine rivers. ', also spelled ' comes from the verb ' ("to fail") in its old meaning ''to fall''. Montereau is where the Yonne falls into the Seine. Sights The town is split in three by the rivers, ' situated on the southern shore and ''Surville'' on the hill to the north. The old town centre is located in ' while ''Surville'' is an assembly of high rise buildings, erected after World War II, and is in many ways a typical ' in the Île-de-France. Some of these high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris–Marseille Railway
The railway from Paris to Marseille is an 862-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southern port city of Marseille, France, via Dijon and Lyon. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1856, when the final section through Lyon was opened. The opening of the LGV Sud-Est high speed line from Paris to Lyon in 1981, the LGV Rhône-Alpes in 1992 and the LGV Méditerranée in 2001 has decreased its importance for passenger traffic. Route The Paris–Marseille railway leaves the Gare de Lyon in Paris in southeastern direction. It crosses the river Marne at Charenton-le-Pont, and follows the right Seine bank upstream until Crosne, where it follows a course east of the Forest of Sénart. It crosses the Seine near Melun and follows the left Seine bank upstream, along the Forest of Fontainebleau. Beyond Montereau-Fault-Yonne, the railway follows the left Yonne bank upstream. At Migennes the Yonne is crossed, and the small rivers Armançon, Brenne and Oze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
