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

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located on the Noisy-le-Sec–Strasbourg railway. It is located within the commune of

Saverne Saverne (, ; Alsatian language, Alsatian: ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Bas-Rhin departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a mountain pass, pass ...

, in departement

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...

, in northeastern France. The station was put in operation in 1851 by the Strasbourg–Basel railway company, which operates the section between the cities of

Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...

and

Sarrebourg Sarrebourg (; also , ; Lorraine Franconian: ; older ) is a commune of northeastern France. In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains. Geography Sarrebourg is located in the ...

on request by the Paris–Strasbourg railway company. As of 2022, it is a travellers station of the

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, belonging to the regional railway network TER Grand Est. It is served by

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(high speed) trains and by regional express transport trains.

Geography

Established at 187 meters above the sea level, the Saverne station is located at the kilometric point 458.011 of the Noisy-le-Sec–Strasbourg railway, between the former stations of Stambach and Zornhoff-Monswiller. The nearest open travellers stations are located in Lutzelbourg and Steinbourg. Being a former bifurcation station, it was the terminus of the Sélestat–Saverne railway, located at the kilometric point 64.840. This line was later downgraded and left between the stations of

Molsheim Molsheim (; ) is a Communes of France, commune and a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bas-Rhin Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.Kuhn company's factory has its own siding at the Saverne station.

History

The Saverne station was put in operation on May 29, 1851 by the Stasbourg–Basel railway company, when the latter officially opened, with staff and equipment, the operating of the railway section between Strasbourg and Sarrebourg located on the future Strasbourg–Paris railway. The inauguration of this section took place on May 18; however, the Paris–Strasbourg railway company, which suffered from a lack of well-trained railway workers, entrusted the operation to Stasbourg–Basel railway company, which had more experience. The line between Saverne and Molsheim was opened in 1877. It was successively operated by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (Eastern railway company), the Direction générale impériale des chemins de fer d'Alsace-Lorraine (General Imperial Direction of railways in Alsace-Lorraine), and then by the Administration des chemins de fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine (Management of railways in Alsace and Lorraine). On January 1, 1938, the Saverne station became a property of the new French railway company (SNCF). Then, because of the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine in 1940, it was operated by the

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, as well as the whole railway network in Alsace and Lorraine. In March 1969, the railway travellers service between Saverne and Molsheim was closed.Gares et chemins de fer oubliés Axe Molsheim - Saverne
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'', July 26th, 2012 The Saverne station is served by

(high-speed train) since 2007, after the opening of the first phase of the European

LGV Est The Ligne à Grande Vitesse Est européenne (East European High Speed Line), typically shortened to LGV Est, is a French high-speed rail line that connects Vaires-sur-Marne (near Paris) and Vendenheim (near Strasbourg). The line halved the tra ...

line.

Travellers service

Reception

Serverne station belongs to the

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, and includes a travellers building with a counter opened every day. It is stuffed with automatic machines allowing travellers to purchase tickets. Particular layout, equipment and services are available for disabled people. The station also includes a buffet.Gare de Saverne
TER Grand Est, 2022

Servicing

* TGV Est : **

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– Saverne –

line, ** Paris – Nancy-Ville –

Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German : ''Lünstadt'' ; Lorrain: ''Leneinvile'') is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Ve ...

–

– Saverne – Strasbourg line * TER Grand Est : ** Metz – Sarrebourg – Saverne – Strasbourg line, ** Nancy – Sarrebourg – Saverne – Strasbourg – (Basel) line, ** Strasbourg – Saverne line.

Other means of transport

Bus stations : TER Alsace coaches and busses of

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. A parking for bicycles and cars are fitted out at the station.

References

External links

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