
Forbach railway station (french: Gare de Forbach) is a
railway station
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in
Forbach
Forbach ( , , ; gsw, Fuerboch) is a commune in the French department of Moselle, northeastern French region of Grand Est.
It is located on the German border approximately 15 minutes from the center of Saarbrücken, Germany, with which it co ...
in the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
department of north-eastern
France
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. It is the last station in France before the
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
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**Ger ...
border at
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is ...
.
Services
The following train services serve the station as of 2022:
[Le réseau TER Fluo]
TER Grand Est, accessed 26 April 2022.
See also
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List of border crossing points in France
The following is a list of border crossing points in France (french: link=no, points de passages frontaliers, or ) forming the external border of the Schengen Area. By contrast, the term ''points de passages autorisés'' () refers to the cross ...
References
External links
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Railway stations in Moselle (department)
France–Germany border crossings
Railway stations in France opened in 1851
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