Marlieux—Châtillon station (

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: ''Gare de Marlieux—Châtillon'') is a French

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

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Marlieux Marlieux (; frp, Marelyô) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Marlieux—Châtillon station has rail connections to Bourg-en-Bresse and Lyon. Geography The river Chalaronne forms part of the commune's western border. Clima ...

Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

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in the

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 ...

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. As its name suggests the station is located within proximity of, and serves the nearby commune of

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (, literally ''Châtillon on Chalaronne'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History The town takes its name from a castle built around 1000 AD. It was formerly named Châtillon-les-Dombes. Geogr ...

. It is located at

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(KP) 45.760 on the Lyon–Bourg-en-Bresse railway, between the stations of

Villars-les-Dombes Villars-les-Dombes (, literally ''Villars near Dombes'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as ''Villardois''. Geography The town is located within Ain, half-way between Lyon (33 km) and Bourg-en-Br ...

and

Saint-Paul-de-Varax Saint-Paul-de-Varax (; frp, Sent-Por) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It is situated between Bourg-en-Bresse and Lyon. Its castle, which belonged to the Rivérieulx de Varax family since the 13th century, is closed to th ...

. The station was put into service in 1866 by the Compagnie de la Dombes. As of 2020, the station is owned and operated by the

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and served by

TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the regional rail network serving the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central and eastern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER Au ...

trains.

History

The "''station de Marlieux''" was put into service by the Compagnie de la Dombes, on 1 September 1866, along with the opening of railway between

Sathonay Sathonay is a former commune of the Ain department in France. It was divided into two new communes in 1908: Sathonay-Camp and Sathonay-Village. Since 1968, these communes are not part of Ain any longer, but are part of the Rhône The Rhône ( ...

and

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Ain Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ...

. For summer service, beginning 10 May 1869, the station was served by four daily (in each direction) "''omnibus mixtes''" (passengers and freight) services between

Besançon Besançon (, , , ; archaic german: Bisanz; la, Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerl ...

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian language, Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning ''Mill (grinding), mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department, in the Grand Est Regions of France, region, eastern France, close to the France–Switzerl ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

and Lyon-Croix-Rousse. On the

and Lyon-Croix-Rousse service, an addition train was added on Mondays and Wednesdays. In 1872, the station became part of the Compagnie des Dombes et des chemins de fer du Sud-Est's (DSE) network which substituted its original operator. In 2019, the

estimated that 119,224 passengers traveled through the station.

Historic Marlieux-Châtillon station

In 1897, a second station was installed next to the existing station. An exchange station, it was the origin of a secondary metric railway which linked

and

. The department line, with a length of 11.375 km, was operated by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Marlieux à Châtillon (MC) until 1919 when it was taken over by the Tramways de l'Ain (TA). Trains circulated along the route until 1934.

Railway heritage

Once removed from service, the historic passenger building was renovated to become the ''mairie'' of the commune. It is identical to numerous other passenger buildings constructed along the line by the Compagnie de la Dombes.

Services

Passenger services

Classified as a PANG (''point d'accès non géré''), the station is unstaffed and equipped with automatic ticket dispensers.

Train services

As of 2020, the station is served by the following services: * Regional services (

32)

...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

Intermodality

In addition to a parking lot for passengers, the station is equipped with secure bicycle storage facilities. File:Gare de Marlieux - Châtillon - 2.JPG, Station entrance. File:Gare de Marlieux - Châtillon - vue du quai - 2.JPG, Station platform and track. File:Gare de Marlieux - Châtillon - vue du quai.JPG, Station platform and historic passenger building. File:Mairie Marlieux 5.jpg, Historic passenger building, since re-converted to serve as ''Mairie de

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References

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