Angoulême is a
railway station
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located in
Angoulême,
Charente, south-western
France
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. The station was opened in 1852 and is located on the
Paris–Bordeaux railway
The railway from Paris to Bordeaux is an important French 584-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southwestern port city Bordeaux via Orléans and Tours. The railway was opened in several stages between 1840 and 1853, when the ...
,
Saintes-Angoulême railway and
Limoges-Angoulême railway. The train services are operated by
SNCF.
The station building is part of the former Collège Royal de la Marine, as testified by an enamel plaque in the booking hall.
Train services
The following services call at Angoulême:
*High speed services (''
TGV
The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...
'') Paris - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux
*High speed services (''TGV'') Lille - Aeroport CDG - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux
*High speed services (''TGV'') Strasbourg - Aeroport CDG - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux
*Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Libourne - Angoulême
*Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Angoulême - Poitiers
*Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) La Rochelle - Rochefort - Saintes - Cognac - Angoulême
*Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Royan - Saintes - Cognac - Angoulême
*Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Angoulême - Limoges
Bus services
*Angoulême - Barbezieux - Jonzac - Pons
References
Railway stations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Angoulême
Railway stations in France opened in 1852
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