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Pougny—Chancy Station
Pougny—Chancy station (french: Gare de Pougny—Chancy) is a railway station in the commune of Pougny, in the French department of Ain, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is located at the border between France and Switzerland and is an intermediate stop on the Lyon–Geneva line of SNCF. Services The following services stop at Pougny—Chancy: * Léman Express : service between and . See also * List of SNCF stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes This article contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, sorted by department. Ain (01) * Ambérieu * Ambronay—Priay * Bellegarde * Bellignat * Beynost * Bourg-en-Bresse * Brion—M ... References External links * {{Lyon–Geneva railway Railway stations in Ain Lyon–Geneva railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pougny, Ain
Pougny () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies near the border with Switzerland and is the first French village to be crossed by the Rhône, and a hydro-electric station constructed in 1926 which it shares with the Swiss village of Chancy is named after it. Population Transportation The commune has a railway station, , on the Lyon–Geneva line. It has regular service to and . See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Ain [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...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 Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyon–Geneva Railway
The Lyon–Geneva railway is an important route in the national rail network. It connects not only Geneva but also feeds the Maurienne railway and the Geneva to Valence via Grenoble line. It carries a variety of traffic: TGV Paris-Geneva, Geneva - South of France, TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Rhône Express Regional and goods trains. The line is numbered 890 000 of the RFF national network. Route From Lyon-Perrache the line runs round Lyon city centre to Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu, Lyon-Part-Dieu. After running through the northeast suburbs of Lyon, the line runs in more or less straight sections across the plain to Ambérieu where it joins the line to Bourg-en Bresse and Macon, (formerly the Geneva Paris route). The rest of the line winds through the foothills of the Alpes and Jura. At Culoz is the junction with the Maurienne line to Turin via Modane. From Culoz the line runs close to the Rhône to Bellegarde-sur-Valerine where it meets the Ligne du Haut-Bugey. After Bellegarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Federal Railways
Swiss Federal Railways (german: link=no, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, ''SBB''; french: link=no, Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, ''CFF''; it, Ferrovie federali svizzere, ''FFS'') is the national railway company of Switzerland. It is usually referred to by the initials of its German, French, and Italian names, either as SBB CFF FFS, or used separately. The Romansh version of its name, ''Viafiers federalas svizras'', is not officially used. The official English abbreviation is "SBB", instead of the English acronym such as "SFR", which stands for ''Swiss Federal Railways'' itself. The company, founded in 1902, is headquartered in Bern. It used to be a government institution, but since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation whose shares are held by the Swiss Confederation and the Swiss cantons. It is currently the largest rail and transport company of Switzerland, and operates on most standard gauge lines of the Swiss network. It also heavily collaborates with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva Public Transport
Geneva Public Transport (french: Transports publics genevois, TPG) operates most of the public transportation system in canton of Geneva, Switzerland, including the city of Geneva. The agency's head office is in Grand-Lancy, Lancy. The TPG operates trams, trolleybuses and buses for the canton of Geneva and also serves some regions in neighbouring France. Local rail services are provided by the '' CFF'' (Swiss Federal Railways) and the SNCF, and passenger ferries across the lake by the '' Mouettes Genevoises Navigation''. The TPG shares a common fare system (Unireso) with these services and some in neighbouring France so that a single ticket can be used for any public transport within its zones and times of validity. Timeline The TPG is the successor organization to the ''Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Électriques'' (Geneva Electric Tramway Company), or CGTE, which operated trams throughout the canton and parts of neighbouring France from 1900 until 1 January 1977.Box, Rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unireso
Unireso is the umbrella organization for a common tariff system for a network of various modes of public transportation in and around Geneva, Switzerland. Members * Transports publics genevois (TPG) * Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) * Mouettes genevoises navigation (MGN) * Transports publics de la région nyonnaise (TPN) * Transports annemassiens collectifs (TAC) * Transport express régional Transport express régional (, usually shortened to TER) is the brand name used by the SNCF, the French national railway company, to denote rail service run by the regional councils of France, specifically their organised transport authorities. T ... (TER) External links Unireso website Public transport in Switzerland Transport in Geneva Organisations based in Geneva {{Switzerland-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into effect on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections in December 2015. The region covers an area of , making it the third largest in metropolitan France; it had a population of 7,994,459 in 2018, second to Île-de-France. It consists of twelve departments and one territorial collectivity (Lyon Metropolis) with Lyon as the prefecture. This new region combines diverse geographical, sociological, economic and cultural regions, which was already true of Rhône-Alpes, as well as Auvergne, to a lesser extent. While the old Rhône-Alpes and Auvergne regions each enjoyed an unity defined by axes of communication and the pull of their respective metropoles,With the exception of Haute-Loire whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen a.o.). , coordinates = , largest_city = Zürich , official_languages = , englishmotto = "One for all, all for one" , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , religion = , demonym = , german: Schweizer/Schweizerin, french: Suisse/Suissesse, it, svizzero/svizzera or , rm, Svizzer/Svizra , government_type = Federalism, Federal assembly-independent Directorial system, directorial republic with elements of a direct democracy , leader_title1 = Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council , leader_name1 = , leader_title2 = , leader_name2 = Walter Thurnherr , legislature = Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léman Express
The Léman Express is a commuter rail network for the transborder agglomeration of Grand Genève (''Greater Geneva'') in west Switzerland and the French Alps (Haute-Savoie and Ain). Six lines serve Swiss and French towns along 230 km of railway. At the heart of the Léman Express system is the CEVA rail project linking Eaux-Vives station with Cornavin station in Geneva. This line, largely underground, was opened on 15 December 2019. The Léman Express marked the start of direct services from Genève-Cornavin station to the French cities of Évian, Thonon, Annemasse and Annecy as well as the population of the Arve Valley up to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Lines The Léman Express operates daily from 5am to 12:30am and hourly overnight on Friday and Saturday nights between Coppet and Annemasse. Ridership Upon the full launch of the network in December 2019, it was hoped ridership would be around 50,000 travelers per day by the end of the next year; at the beginning of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of SNCF Stations In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This article contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, sorted by department. Ain (01) * Ambérieu * Ambronay—Priay * Bellegarde * Bellignat * Beynost * Bourg-en-Bresse * Brion—Montréal-la-Cluse * Ceyzériat * Cize—Bolozon * Culoz * Les Échets * Marlieux—Châtillon * Meximieux—Pérouges * Mézériat * Mionnay * Miribel * Montluel * Nurieux * Oyonnax * Polliat * Pont-d'Ain * Pont-de-Veyle * Pougny—Chancy * Saint-André-de-Courcy * Saint-Marcel-en-Dombes * Saint-Martin-du-Mont * Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost * Saint-Paul-de-Varax * Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey * Servas-Lent * Seyssel-Corbonod * Simandre-sur-Suran * Tenay-Hauteville * La Valbonne * Villars-les-Dombes * Villereversure * Virieu-le-Grand-Belley * Vonnas Allier (03) * Bellenaves * Bessay * Commentry * Dompierre-Sept-Fons * Gannat * Huriel * Louroux-de-Bouble * Magnette * Montluçon-Rimard * Montluçon-Ville * Moulins-sur-Alli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
