Montpellier Sud de France station (French: Gare de Montpellier Sud de France) is a railway station on the outskirts of Montpellier, France which offers TGV services.
Montpellier Sud de France | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Façade of Montpellier Sud de France station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1521 Rue de la Fontaine de la Banquière 34000 Montpellier Hérault France | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°35′42″N 3°55′31″E / 43.59513°N 3.92525°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF Réseau | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87688887 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Montpellier Sud de France was built for and opened in 2018 a few months after the Nîmes – Montpellier Bypass, which extends from the end of the LGV Méditerranée near Nîmes, Gard to just beyond Montpellier, Hérault.[1]
Station
edit Montpellier Sud de France has four platforms and six tracks. The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th tracks allow train access to the platforms and the 2nd and 5th tracks are used by passing traffic (the Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier is also used by freight traffic).[2]
Autoroute 709 (a branch of the A9) provides road access to the station.[3]
The station is situated at the edge of Montpellier near the Château de la Mogère[4]
Train services
editTermini of TGV services to and from the station include Paris Gare de Lyon, Brussels-South, Lyon-Part-Dieu, Luxembourg, Toulouse-Matabiau, Nantes, Lille (both Europe and Flandres), Perpignan, and Béziers.
The fastest travel time between Paris and Montpellier Sud de France is 3 h 4 m.[5]
Bus services
edit- Place de France, Montpellier[6]
References
edit- ^ "Map showing Nîmes-Montpellier Bypass" Accessed 2 May 2019
- ^ "Montpellier Sud de France layout" Accessed 2 May 2019
- ^ "Road layout near Montpellier Sud de France station" Accessed 2 May 2019
- ^ "Location of the Château de la Mogère with respect to the station"" Accessed 21 June 2019
- ^ "Part of SNCF website showing journey times between Paris and Montpellier" Accessed 10 June 2021
- ^ "Details about access to Montpellier Sud de France station" Accessed 2 May 2019
External links
edit- Montpellier Sud de France station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
- [1] (in French)
- [2]
- [3]