Oyonnax station (
French: ''Gare d'Oyonnax'') 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 prep ...
served by
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the regional rail network serving the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central and eastern France. It is operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It was formed in 2017 from the previous TER networks TER A ...
. It serves the town of
Oyonnax
Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Ha ...
, and is located in the department of
Ain
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...
. The station is located on the line between
Andelot-en-Montagne and
La Cluse.
History
Approval to construct a station at the current site was given by a ministerial decision date 17 November 1880. Construction took place between 28 March 1883 and 16 May 1885, and the station was opened by the Minister of Public Works on 17 May 1885.
Work on the
Ligne du Haut-Bugey
The Haut-Bugey line (french: Ligne du Haut-Bugey) (also nicknamed ''Lignes des Carpates'') is a railway line in France. It is 65 kilometres in length and connects Bourg-en-Bresse with Bellegarde, travelling through the Jura Mountains.
For a ce ...
has caused buses to replace trains between Bourg-en-Bresse and Oyonnax from 2005 to December 2012.
Services
The following services serve the station as of 2022:
*regional trains Lyon - Bourg-en-Bresse - Brion-Montréal-la-Cluse - Oyonnax
*regional buses to Saint-Claude, Nantua and Bourg-en-Bresse
See also
*
List of SNCF stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This article contains a list of current SNCF railway stations in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region of France, sorted by departments of France, department.
Ain (01)
* Ambérieu station, Ambérieu
* Ambronay—Priay station, Am ...
References
External links
*
Practical information regarding Oyonnax station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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Railway stations in Ain
Railway stations in France opened in 1885