Angoulême 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 Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

located in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a commune, the prefecture of the Charente department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Angoumoisins'' o ...

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

, south-western

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. The station was opened in 1852 and is located on the

Paris–Bordeaux railway The railway from Paris to Bordeaux is an important French 584-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southwestern port city Bordeaux via Orléans and Tours. The railway was opened in several stages between 1840 and 1853, when the s ...

, Saintes-Angoulême railway and

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

-Angoulême railway. The train services are operated by SNCF. The station building is part of the former Collège Royal de la Marine, as testified by an enamel plaque in the booking hall.

Train services

The following services call at Angoulême: *High speed services (''

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 1 ...

'') Paris - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux *High speed services (''TGV'') Lille - Aeroport CDG - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux *High speed services (''TGV'') Strasbourg - Aeroport CDG - Tours - Poitiers - Bordeaux *Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Libourne - Angoulême *Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Angoulême - Poitiers *Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) La Rochelle - Rochefort - Saintes - Cognac - Angoulême *Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Royan - Saintes - Cognac - Angoulême *Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Angoulême - Limoges

Bus services

*Angoulême - Barbezieux - Jonzac - Pons

References

Railway stations in Nouvelle-Aquitaine Angoulême Railway stations in France opened in 1852 {{Poitou-railstation-stub