Xertigny station (

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: ''Gare de Xertigny'') 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 ...

serving the commune of

Xertigny Xertigny () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Xertigny station has rail connections to Épinal, Lure and Belfort. Population Geography The Côney forms most of the commune's northwestern border. Poi ...

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

department,

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. It is located on the Blainville to Damelevières à Lure railway. The station is owned and operated by

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

, in the

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 Lorra ...

regional rail network and is served by

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trains.Le réseau TER Fluo
TER Grand Est, accessed 28 April 2022.

History

The train station was opened by the

Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (CF de l'Est), often referred to simply as the Est company, was an early French railway company. The company was formed in 1853 by the merger of ''Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg'', ope ...

on 24 September 1863, along with the section from

Épinal Épinal (; german: Spinal) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department. Geography The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, south of Nancy. Épinal station has rail connection ...

to Aillevillers. In 2018, the

recorded 1,036 passenger movements through the station, a slight increase from the previous year of only 978.

References

{{reflist Railway stations in Vosges (department) Railway stations in France opened in 1863

History

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