Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains 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 ...

in the

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of ...

department of Southeastern

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The station, which is located in the town of

Moûtiers Moûtiers (; Arpitan: ''Motiérs''), historically also called Tarentaise, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 3,511. Moûtiers is the main access poi ...

, is served by three major high-speed services: the

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 ...

Eurostar Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most Eurostar trains travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated sep ...

and

Thalys Thalys (French: ) is a French-Belgian high-speed rail, high-speed train operator originally built around the LGV Nord high-speed line between Gare du Nord, Paris and Brussels-South railway station, Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar tr ...

. It is the principal gateway point for the

Les Trois Vallées Les Trois Vallées (; ''The Three Valleys'') is a ski region in the Tarentaise Valley in the Savoie department of Southeastern France, to the south of the town of Moûtiers, partly in Vanoise National Park. Since 1971, it has been possible to ...

ski resorts if travelling by train. Passengers alight at this station and catch the frequent bus services to the various Les Trois Vallées resorts.

Juxtaposed controls Juxtaposed controls (in french: link=no, bureaux à contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or ; in nl, link=no, kantoren waar de nationale controles van beide landen naast elkaar geschieden) are a reciprocal arrangement between Belgium, France, the ...

are in operation in the station for

passengers travelling to the UK. They clear exit checks from the

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(carried out by

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officers) as well as UK entry checks (conducted by the

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) in the station before boarding their train.

Services

*High speed services (''TGV'') Paris - Chambéry - Albertville - Bourg-Saint-Maurice *Local services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') (Lyon -) Chambéry - St-Pierre-d'Albigny - Albertville - Bourg-Saint-MauriceRéseau TER et cars Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, accessed 24 April 2022. These services operate during the winter ski season: *High speed services (''Eurostar'') London - Bourg-Saint-Maurice *High speed services (''Thalys'') Amsterdam - Brussels - Chambéry - Bourg-Saint-Maurice

References

Railway stations in Savoie Railway stations in France opened in 1893 French railway stations with juxtaposed controls {{RhoneAlpes-railstation-stub

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