Fontainebleau–Avon station (French: ''Gare de Fontainebleau–Avon'') is a railway station in
Avon and
Fontainebleau
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,
ÃŽle-de-France
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, France. The station is at
kilometric point
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(KP) 58.941 on the
Paris–Marseille railway
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line. The station is served by
Transilien
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Transilien Line H, H, Transilie ...
(commuter) and
TER
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(regional) services operated by
SNCF
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. The station was once served by the
TGV
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a few years ago. The station is served by
Transilien
Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail and tram-train network operated by SNCF and serving ÃŽle-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of lines
Transilien Line H, H, Transilie ...
line R (Paris-Gare de Lyon). The station was designed by the architect , one of many he worked on for the railroad company ''
Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
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''. The station once benefited from a TGV journey to the
Mediterranean Sea
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, with a train leaving for
Marseille
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at 07.30 on a Saturday and returning on the Sunday evening, with a journey time is 4.30 hours. However, this is no longer the case.
Train services
The following services call at Fontainebleau–Avon as of 2022:
Ligne R
Transilien, accessed 25 April 2022.[Réseau ferroviaire et routier TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté]
TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, accessed 25 April 2022.
*local service (TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) Paris–Montereau–Sens–Laroche-Migennes
*local service (Transilien R) Paris–Melun–Montereau
*local service (Transilien R) Paris–Melun–Nemours–Montargis
Gallery
File:Gare-de Fontainebleau - Avon IMG 8420.jpg, The station
File:Gare-de Fontainebleau - Avon IMG 8418.jpg, The station
See also
*Transilien
Transilien () is the brand name given to the commuter rail and tram-train network operated by SNCF and serving ÃŽle-de-France, the region surrounding and including the city of Paris. The network consists of lines
Transilien Line H, H, Transilie ...
Paris–Lyon
References
External links
*
Transilien Network Map
Railway stations in Seine-et-Marne
Fontainebleau
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