La Verpillière station (
French
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: ''Gare de La Verpillière'') 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 the commune of
La Verpillière
La Verpillière () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
La Verpillière railway station on the line between Lyon and Grenoble is located to the south-east of the town center.
Geography
The Bourbre flows northwest thro ...
in the department of
Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.[France
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. La Verpillière is also the nearest railway stop for a bigger commune of
Villefontaine
Villefontaine () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
Geography
The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune.
Population
Twin towns – sister cities
Villefontaine is twinned with:
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located to the south-east. The station was opened in 1858 and is located on the
Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble) railway of
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes network in the French
region
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of
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
. The train services are operated by
SNCF
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.
The station has two side platforms connected by a pedestrian overpass. There are two parking lots near the station and a passenger drop-off area in front of the station building.
Train services
The station is served by the following regional services, both on Route 1 of TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
* Services between
Lyon-Perrache and
Saint-André-le-Gaz
Saint-André-le-Gaz () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
Geography
The Bourbre
The Bourbre () is a long river in the Isère and Rhône departments in central eastern France. Its source is in Burcin. It flows g ...
, stopping at all stations
* Services between
Lyon-Part-Dieu
Gare de la Part-Dieu (literally "Property of God" railway station) is the primary railway station of Lyon's Central Business District in France. It belongs to the Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway. Train services are mainly operated by SNCF with f ...
and
Grenoble, having no stops between Lyon and La Verpillière and skipping several stops between La Verpillière and Grenoble.
Services on Route 54 between Lyon and
Chambéry pass La Verpillière without stopping.
History
The station was opened on July 1, 1858, by the “Comapgnie des chemins de fer du Dauphiné” (''Dauphiné Railway Company''), when the railway opened the section of its line from Lyon to Bourgoin, part of their concession to build a line from Lyon to Grenoble. The Dauphiné Railway merged with the
Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
The Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée ("Railway Company of Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean"), also known as the Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée or simply PLM, established in 1857, was one of Fran ...
(PLM) on July 22, 1858. However, La Verpillière station only really became a part of the PLM network two years later; the merger agreement between both companies stipulated that the transaction would not come into force until after the rail line had been in operation for two years.
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See also
*
List of SNCF stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
References
External links
*
Timetables TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Railway stations in Isère
Railway stations in France opened in 1858