Roanne station ( French: ''Gare de Roanne'') is a French

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located on the

Moret–Lyon railway The railway from Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons to Lyon is a French 492-kilometre long railway line, that connects the Paris region to the city Lyon via Nevers and Saint-Étienne. The railway was opened in several stages between 1828 and 1861. The sectio ...

line in the city of

Roanne Roanne (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire department, central France. It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (French), with many Egypt ...

, an administrative center of the department of the Loire in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...

region. This station is served by the

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...

(

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) and by

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. It is also a regional station of the

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 ...

network (a regional rail network serving the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region), connecting by "express regional" ( TER) trains. Eighty-six trains are used by 3,300 travelers each day.

Position

The Gare de Roanne is situated at the kilometric markers 420/571 of the Lyon-Perrache– Moret-Veneux-les-Sablon line, between the stations at

Saint-Germain-Lespinasse Saint-Germain-Lespinasse () is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire (department), Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department References

Communes of Loire ...

and Le Coteau.

History

In June 1858, the railroad arrived in Roanne from

Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Saint-Germain-des-Fossés (; ) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Saint-Germain-des-Fossés station has rail connections to Lyon, Nevers and Clermont-Ferrand. Population See also *Communes of ...

, leading to the construction of the station. Since 9 December 2007 the station has had a regular service road like the entire TER Rhône-Alpes network. Benefiting from the building of the multiplex and of the bus station, plans were made for a great refurbishment between June and December 2008. On 7 June 2008 the renovation was commenced a century and a half after the station came into service. A new footbridge was built to link the station with the new bus station that was put into service in July 2008, and by 2009 the entire railway station had been renovated. The architect found his inspiration from the Gare de Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux or from Vienna and Valencia. On 24 August 2010, Roanne station became the first one in France to feature a day nursery for travelers. It is situated in the old luggage room, 150 square meters in size, and is open Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Passenger service

The Gare de Roanne has a passenger building with a ticket office that is open 7 days a week. The station is fitted with several Ticket Vending Machines. It is also a disabled access station and contains a newsstand and a car-rental agency. Since 9 December 2007 the station has had regular service like the rest of the TER Rhône-Alpes network. Intercity service lines (SNCF Intercités) to: :* Lyon-Part-Dieu and Lyon-Perrache :*

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Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

:* Lyon-Part-Dieu and Lyon-Perrache

Intermodality

The station includes a bicycle park and a parking lot. It is connected to a Star (Transports en Commun de Roannais Agglomération) bus station and is served by buses that shuttle travelers to and from the

Gare du Creusot TGV Le Creusot TGV ( French: ''Gare du Creusot TGV'', ''Le Creusot-Montceau-Montchanin'' officially) is a high-speed railway station on the LGV Sud-Est providing TGV services to the city of Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France. It was inaugurated on ...

, where high-speed rail service is available.

References

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