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Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps

General Information

Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Railroad (railway) station

Location

Location: , , ,
Address: Rue Fabienne Landy
Coordinates: 47° 23' 10" N    0° 43' 25" E
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Technical Information

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Excerpt from Wikipedia

Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps is a railway station serving the town of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and the Tours agglomeration, Indre-et-Loire department, western France. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway and the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway.

History

Given ist strategic position on the Loire, the entire Tours / Saint-Pierre-des-Corps railway complex was the target of bombing during the Second World War. The passenger building, which no longer existed, it was rebuilt in 1990 following the opening of the LGV Atlantique, to accommodate TGV and Aqualys from 2001. This latter service is still provided, but was re-marketed as the Intercités brand.

In 2018, SNCF estimated annual usage of this station is 3,457,033 passengers and if non-passengers are included it rises to 4,321,292.

Passenger services

Reception

The SNCF station has a passenger building, with ticket offices, open every day. It is equipped with automatic machines for the purchase of tickets.

Other services

A park for bikes and parking for vehicles are provided.

Freight traffic

Until 2007 the station also included a marshalling yard, on a large site that extended all the way to the neighbouring commune of La Ville-aux-Dames. This station is open to freight service.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Saint-Pierre-des-Corps station" and modified on June 2, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20059839
  • Published on:
    06/04/2011
  • Last updated on:
    30/07/2014
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