Grenoble is the main

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located in

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

, Isère,

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. The station was opened on 3 January 1849 and is located on the Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble) railway and

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. The train services are operated by SNCF. The station was rebuilt in 1967 for the

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. The station is currently undergoing reconstruction, which includes the electrification of the Valence-Grenoble route and the Grenoble-Chambéry route.

Train services

The station is served by the following services: *High speed services (''TGV'') Paris - Grenoble *Regional services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') Lyon - Bourgoin - La-Tour-du-Pin - Grenoble *Regional services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') Valence - Grenoble - Chambéry - Aix-les-Bains - Annecy *Regional services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') Valence - Grenoble - Chambéry - Aix-les-Bains - Bellegarde - Geneva *Local services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') Grenoble - Université - Montmélian - Chambéry *Local services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') Valence - Valence TGV - Romans-Bourg-de-Peage - St Marcellin - Moirans - Grenoble - Université *Local services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') St-André-le-Gaz - Voiron - Moirans - Grenoble - Université *Local services (''TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes'') Grenoble - Monestier-de-Clermont - Veynes - Gap

Tram services

*A (Fontaine - Gare - Centre Ville - Polesud - Échirolles - Denis Papin) *B (Presqu'Île - Cité Internationale - Gare - Centre Ville - La Tronche - Universités - Gières)

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