Avignon-Centre station

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Avignon-Centre

The station frontage

General information

Location

Boulevard Saint-Roch, B.P.175, 84008
Avignon CEDEX
France

Coordinates

Elevation

23 m (75 ft)

Owned by

Operated by

Line(s)

History

Opened

5 March 1849

Services

Preceding station	SNCF		Following station
Orange (Vaucluse) towards Paris-Lyon		TGV inOui	Arles towards Miramas
Preceding station	TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes		Following station
Sorgues-Châteauneuf-du-Pape towards Lyon-Vaise		5	Terminus
Preceding station	TER Occitanie		Following station
Tarascon towards Narbonne		21	Terminus
Tarascon towards Portbou		22	Terminus
Preceding station	TER PACA		Following station
Terminus		8	Arles towards Marseille
Avignon TGV Terminus		9	Montfavet towards Marseille
Sorgues-Châteauneuf-du-Pape towards Carpentras		9bis	Avignon TGV Terminus
Orange towards Lyon-Part-Dieu		10	Arles towards Marseille

The gare d'Avignon-Centre (Avignon Central railway station) is a railway station serving the city of Avignon, in Vaucluse, France. It is on the Paris–Marseille railway.

Description

The station building was constructed in 1866 according to the plans of the architect Louis-Jules Bouchot,^[1] and is similar to its counterpart at Valence-Ville, which was also designed by Bouchot. The building's symmetrical façade is neoclassical in style, with five bays and a clock surmounting the balustrade.^[2]

A wide range of trains use Avignon-Centre station, including Transport express régional, TGV trains from Paris Gare de Lyon, Provence, Côte d'Azur and Languedoc. Many other TGV trains stop at the Avignon TGV station.

The services include:^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

local service (TER Occitanie) Narbonne - Béziers - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
express service (TER Occitanie) Cerbère - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Valence - Avignon
express service (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Lyon - Valence - Avignon - Marseille
local service (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Avignon - Cavaillon - Miramas - Marseille
local service (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Avignon - Carpentras
local service (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Avignon - Arles - Miramas - Marseille

^ Les bâtiments voyageurs édifiés le long de la ligne impériale, François Poupardin (in French).
^ Gardner, Nicky (6 September 2022). "Rail route of the month: the slow train from France to Spain". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ Timetable search, TER Occitanie
^ Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 12 May 2022.
^ Rechercher une fiche horaire, TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
^ La carte du réseau TER SUD, TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, accessed 16 May 2022.
^ Avignon-Centre station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

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