Angers-Saint-Laud is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in

Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...

Maine-et-Loire Maine-et-Loire () is a department in the Loire Valley in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France. It is named after the two rivers, Maine and the Loire. It borders Mayenne and Sarthe to the north, Loire-Atlantique to the west, Indre-e ...

, western

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. The station was opened in 1849 and is located on the Le Mans–Angers railway and the

Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway The railway from Tours to Saint-Nazaire is an important French 282-kilometre long railway line, following the lower course of the river Loire. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened i ...

. The train services are operated by

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. The station is at 40 m above sea level and at kilometre post 342.950 of the

History

The station was constructed beginning in 1848 and ultimately opened on 30 July 1849, along with the Saumur-Angers section of the Tours-Saint-Nazaire railway. In 1851 the line was completed from Angers westward to Nantes. The station gradually expanded as traffic grew in the latter half of the 19th century. The station building was largely destroyed by bombing raids during the

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. A new one was opened in 1956, and ultimately renovated in 2001. In 2014, the station was used by 5,284,928 travelers.

Train services

The following services currently call at Angers-Saint-Laud:Rechercher une fiche horaire
TER Pays de la Loire, accessed 16 May 2022. *High speed services (''

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'') Nantes - Angers - Le Mans - Paris *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Angers - Le Mans - Aeroport CDG - Lille *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Angers - Tours / Le Mans - Lyon - Marseille *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Angers - Tours / Le Mans - Lyon - Montpellier *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Angers - Le Mans - Aeroport CDG - Strasbourg *High speed services (''TGV'') Le Croisic - St Nazaire - Nantes - Angers - Paris *High speed services (''TGV'') Les Sables-d'Olonne - Nantes - Angers - Paris *Intercity services (''Intercités'') Nantes - Tours - Bourges - Lyon *Regional service (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Angers - Tours - Orleans *Regional service (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Angers - Le Mans *Local service (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Angers *Local service (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Angers - Saumur - Tours *Local service (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Angers - Cholet *OUIGO Services

References

Railway stations in Maine-et-Loire TER Pays de la Loire Railway stations in France opened in 1849 Buildings and structures in Angers {{PaysLoire-railstation-stub