La Verpillière Station
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La Verpillière station ( French: ''Gare de La Verpillière'') is a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located in the commune of
La Verpillière La Verpillière () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. La Verpillière railway station on the line between Lyon and Grenoble is located to the south-east of the town center. Geography The Bourbre flows northwest t ...
in the department of
Isère Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.
,
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. La Verpillière is also the nearest railway stop for a bigger commune of
Villefontaine Villefontaine () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Geography The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune. Population Twin towns – sister citie ...
located to the south-east. The station was opened in 1858 and is located on the Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble) railway of TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes network in the French
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of
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
. The train services are operated by
SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
. The station has two side platforms connected by a pedestrian overpass. There are two parking lots near the station and a passenger drop-off area in front of the station building.


Train services

The station is served by the following regional services, both on Route 1 of TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: * Services between Lyon-Perrache and Saint-André-le-Gaz, stopping at all stations * Services between Lyon-Part-Dieu and
Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
, having no stops between Lyon and La Verpillière and skipping several stops between La Verpillière and Grenoble. Services on Route 54 between Lyon and
Chambéry Chambéry (, , ; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the southeastern ...
pass La Verpillière without stopping.


History

The station was opened on July 1, 1858, by the “Comapgnie des chemins de fer du Dauphiné” (''Dauphiné Railway Company''), when the railway opened the section of its line from Lyon to Bourgoin, part of their concession to build a line from Lyon to Grenoble. The Dauphiné Railway merged with the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) on July 22, 1858. However, La Verpillière station only really became a part of the PLM network two years later; the merger agreement between both companies stipulated that the transaction would not come into force until after the rail line had been in operation for two years.


See also

* List of SNCF stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes


References


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TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{DEFAULTSORT:La Verpilliere station Railway stations in Isère Railway stations in France opened in 1858