Colmar station ( French: ''Gare de Colmar'') 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 prep ...

located in Colmar, in the

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. The same design was used in the construction of Gdansk's principal railway station in Poland. Thus the buildings are 'twins' of one another.

Services

The following train services serve the station as of 2022:Le réseau TER Fluo
TER Grand Est, accessed 28 April 2022. *

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 ...

** Line

Paris-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 Gare ...

- Strasbourg - Colmar ** Line

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- Strasbourg -

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/Montpellier *

TER Grand Est TER Grand Est or TER Fluo is the regional rail network serving the region of Grand Est, northeastern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2016 from the previous TER networks TER Alsace, TER Lorrai ...

** Line Strasbourg -

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

** Line Colmar -

Turckheim Turckheim (; Alsatian: Tercka; ) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies west of Colmar, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. History Archeological finds indicate the area was alrea ...

- Munster - Metzeral

Traffic

More than 3 million passengers pass through the gare de Colmar per year.

Other stations

* Gare aux marchandises de Colmar:

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* Gare de Colmar-Mésanges: halt * Gare de Colmar-Saint-Joseph: halt * Gare de Colmar-Sud: closed File:Colmar Station.jpg, Rear side. File:Gare - sommet de la tour (Colmar).jpg, Clocktower. File:garesouterrain_colmar.jpg, The subterranean passageway allowing access to the platforms. File:garequai_colmar.jpg, One of the platforms of the station.

References

Buildings and structures in Colmar Railway stations in Haut-Rhin Railway stations in France opened in 1907 Colmar {{alsace-railstation-stub