Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station
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Bourg-Saint-Maurice station ( French: ''Gare de Bourg-Saint-Maurice'') is a
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in
Bourg-Saint-Maurice Bourg-Saint-Maurice (; Arpitan: ''Bôrg-Sant-Mori'' or simply ''Le Bôrg''), popularly known as Bourg, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Located on the Italian border south of Cham ...
, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in south-east
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. The station is located at the end of the St-Pierre-d'Albigny-Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway. The station is served by
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(high-speed long-distance) and
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(regional) services operated by SNCF. During the winter months
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travel to Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The station was heavily rebuilt for the 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville. The station also features some sidings for passenger trains when not in use. Juxtaposed controls are in operation in the station for
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passengers travelling to the UK. They clear exit checks from the Schengen Area (carried out by Customs officers) as well as UK entry immigration checks (conducted by the
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) in the station before boarding their train.


Train services

The following TGV services currently call at Bourg-Saint-Maurice:


See also

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bourg-Saint-Maurice Railway stations in Savoie Railway stations in France opened in 1913 French railway stations with juxtaposed controls