Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains station 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 ...

in the

Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population o ...

department of Southeastern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. The station, which is located in the town of

Moûtiers Moûtiers (; Arpitan: ''Motiérs''), historically also called Tarentaise, is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Moûtiers is the main access point to the Les Trois Vallées ski regio ...

, is served by two major high-speed services: the

TGV The TGV (; , , 'high-speed train') is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to on the newer lines, the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocke ...

and

Eurostar Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The service is operated by the Eurostar Group which was formed from the merger of Eurostar, ...

. It is the principal gateway point for the

Les Trois Vallées Les Trois Vallées (; "The Three Valleys") is a ski region in the Tarentaise Valley in the Savoie department of Southeastern France, to the south of the town of Moûtiers, partly in Vanoise National Park. Since 1971, it has been possible to sk ...

ski resorts if travelling by train. Passengers alight at this station and catch the frequent bus services to the various Les Trois Vallées resorts.

Juxtaposed controls Juxtaposed controls (in , or ; in ) are a reciprocal arrangement between Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom whereby border controls on certain cross- Channel routes take place before boarding the train or ferry, rather than ...

were in operation in the station for

passengers travelling to the UK. They cleared exit checks from the

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(carried out by

Customs Customs is an authority or Government agency, agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling International trade, the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out ...

officers) as well as UK entry checks (conducted by the

UK Border Force Border Force (BF) is a British law enforcement command within the Home Office, responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in the United Kingdom. The force was part of the now defunct UK Border Agency from it ...

) in the station before boarding their train.

Services

*High speed services (''TGV'') Paris - Chambéry - Albertville - Bourg-Saint-Maurice *Local services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') (Lyon -) Chambéry - St-Pierre-d'Albigny - Albertville - Bourg-Saint-MauriceRéseau TER et cars Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, accessed 24 April 2022. These services operate during the winter ski season: *High speed services (''Eurostar'') London - Bourg-Saint-Maurice *High speed services (''Thalys'') Amsterdam - Brussels - Chambéry - Bourg-Saint-Maurice

References

Railway stations in Savoie Railway stations in France opened in 1893 French railway stations with juxtaposed controls Railway stations served by Eurostar {{RhoneAlpes-railstation-stub

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