Roanne station ( French: ''Gare de Roanne'') is a French

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located on the Moret–Lyon railway line in the city of

Roanne Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France. It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fren ...

, an administrative center of the department of the Loire 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 ...

region. This station is served by the

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(

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) and by

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. It is also a regional station of the

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 ...

network (a regional rail network serving the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), connecting by "express regional" (

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) trains. Eighty-six trains are used by 3,300 travelers each day.

Position

The Gare de Roanne is situated at the kilometric markers 420/571 of the Lyon-Perrache– Moret-Veneux-les-Sablon line, between the stations at Saint-Germain-Lespinasse and

Le Coteau Le Coteau () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies about northwest of Lyon on the right bank of the river Loire, opposite the larger town Roanne. Population Twin towns Le Coteau is twinned with: * Zwevegem, B ...

History

In June 1858, the railroad arrived in Roanne from

Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Saint-Germain-des-Fossés (; oc, Sent German daus Fossats) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Saint-Germain-des-Fossés station has rail connections to Lyon, Nevers and Clermont-Ferrand. Popula ...

, leading to the construction of the station. Since 9 December 2007 the station has had a regular service road like the entire TER Rhône-Alpes network. Benefiting from the building of the multiplex and of the bus station, plans were made for a great refurbishment between June and December 2008. On 7 June 2008 the renovation was commenced a century and a half after the station came into service. A new footbridge was built to link the station with the new bus station that was put into service in July 2008, and by 2009 the entire railway station had been renovated. The architect found his inspiration from the

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or from Vienna and Valencia. On 24 August 2010 Roanne station became the first one in France to feature a day nursery for the travelers. It is situated in the old luggage room, 150 square meters in size, and is open Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Passenger service

The Gare de Roanne has a passenger building with a ticket office that is open 7 days a week. The station is fitted with several

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. It is also a disabled access station and contains a newsstand and a car-rental agency. Since 9 December 2007 the station has had regular service like the rest of the TER Rhône-Alpes network. Intercity service lines (SNCF Intercités) to: :* Lyon-Part-Dieu and Lyon-Perrache :*

Tours Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 ...

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

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Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

:* Lyon-Part-Dieu and Lyon-Perrache

Intermodality

The station includes a bicycle park and a parking lot. It is connected to a Star (Transports en Commun de Roannais Agglomération) bus station and is served by buses that shuttle travelers to and from the

Gare du Creusot TGV Le Creusot TGV station (French: ''Gare du Creusot TGV'', officially ''Le Creusot-Montceau-Montchanin'') is a railway station on the LGV Sud-Est providing TGV high-speed train services to the city of Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was in ...

, where high-speed rail service is available.

References

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