Perpignan station (

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: ''Gare de Perpignan)'' is the railway station serving the city of

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, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, southern France. Part of the station was decorated in the style of

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, for whom the place held special significance, having proclaimed it to be the "Centre of the Universe" after experiencing a vision of

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ecstasy there in 1963 and made a painting called '' La Gare de Perpignan'' in 1965. The station opened in 1858 and is located on the Narbonne–Portbou railway,

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and Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent railway. The station is served by

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and

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services operated by

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Train services

The following services currently call at Perpignan:Le réseau régional de transport public
TER Occitanie, accessed 12 May 2022. *High speed services (''TGV'') Paris–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona *High speed services (''TGV'') Paris–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan *High speed services (''AVE'') Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona *High speed services (''TGV)'' Toulouse–Carcassonne–Perpignan–Barcelona *High speed services (''AVE'') Marseille–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona–Madrid *Night services (''Intercités de nuit'') Paris–Carcassonne–Narbonne–Cerbère *Express service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Béziers–Montpellier–Nîmes–Avignon *Local service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Toulouse *Local service (TER Occitanie) Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains–Perpignan

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Railway stations in Pyrénées-Orientales Railway stations in France opened in 1858 {{Languedoc-railstation-stub

Train services

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