Massy TGV is a
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 ...
railway station in
Massy, France. Massy TGV is a new station, located in
Île-de-France
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, was built for the
LGV Atlantique
The LGV Atlantique (French: ''Ligne à Grande Vitesse''; English: Atlantic high-speed line) is a high-speed rail line running from Paris (Gare Montparnasse) to Western France. It opened in 1989–1990 and comprises two stations: Massy TGV statio ...
. Thus certain trains serve at
Montparnasse Station and this station simultaneously, although it is not permitted to use the TGV to travel between those two stations.
Services
The proximity of station the
Massy – Palaiseau RER station (one can even consider that Massy TGV is an extension of this station) makes it possible for this station to serve a great part of south Paris and its suburbs. The station also offers the advantage of enabling Lille–Tours(–Bordeaux) and Strasbourg-Tours(-Bordeaux) trains to serve Paris via the
LGV Interconnexion Est
The LGV Interconnexion Est is a French high-speed rail line that connects the LGV Nord, LGV Est, LGV Sud-Est and LGV Atlantique through suburbs of Paris. Opened in 1994, it consists of three branches, which begin at Coubert:
* west branch: tow ...
without having to turn around at a terminus station (e.g.
Gare de l'Est
The Gare de l'Est (; English: "Station of the East" or "East station"), officially Paris-Est, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, not far southeast from the Gar ...
or
Gare de Lyon
The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris-Gare-de-Lyon, is one of the six large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and RER ...
).
However, in spite of these advantages, the traffic of this station remains low.
History
On 29 September 1991, Massy TGV was inaugurated by the
SNCF. It had a total cost of 160 million
Francs
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( the equivalent to €24.4 million).
The station project first received the opposition of the
SNCF and the local residents of
Massy; the project was considered to be too close to
Montparnasse station, in Paris, and a potential nuisance. The Ministry of Transport nevertheless pursued the project, as the station might avoid the suburban commuters having to travel through the capital with the
RER C
RER C is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south.
The li ...
or
B from
Massy-Palaiseau.
In 2007, works were launched in order to restructure the area and the station and better integration in Massy. This involves the construction of a footbridge which would link Massy TGV,
Massy – Palaiseau SNCF station,
Massy – Palaiseau RATP station. The end of the works, initially programmed for 2010, has been delayed by two years.
References
External links
*
US travel information with map of the station's surroundings
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Railway stations in Essonne
Railway stations in France opened in 1991