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(Redirected from Gare de Luchon) Railway station in France

Luchon
The passenger building and the entrance to the station
General information
LocationAvenue de Toulouse, 31110,
Bagnères-de-Luchon
France
Coordinates42°47′50″N 0°35′47″E / 42.7972°N 0.5964°E / 42.7972; 0.5964
Elevation620 m (2,030 ft)
Owned byRFF / SNCF
Operated bySNCF: TEROccitanie
Line(s)Montréjeau–Luchon
Platforms2
Tracks2 (+ service lines)
Other information
Station code87611236
History
Opened17 June 1873 (1873-06-17)

The gare de Luchon is a railway station in Bagnères-de-Luchon, Occitanie, France. The station is the southern terminus of the Montréjeau–Luchon railway line.

Due to the poor state of the Montréjeau–Luchon railway, operation of the line was suspended starting 18 November 2014, by SNCF and RFF only TER coaches now offer the Montréjeau–Luchon trip, As a consequence, the gare de Luchon is no longer operating.

On the 16th December 2024, it was reported that the Montréjeau–Luchon railway would reopen from May/June 2025 with 6 return trips taking 35mins each way.

Train services

The following services will call at Luchon after the line's reopening in 2025:

  • 6 return local services (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Montréjeau–Luchon

The following services used to call at Luchon before the line was suspended:

  • night service (Lunéa) Paris–Limoges–Muret–Montréjeau–Luchon
  • local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Montréjeau–Luchon

References

  1. Haute-Garonne: Les rails sont trop vieux, le TER est supprimé
  2. "Suspension des circulations ferroviaires entre Montréjeau et Luchon à partir du 18 novembre 2014" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. "Fermée depuis 10 ans, cette ligne SNCF va rouvrir au sud de Toulouse : voici la date envisagée". actu.fr (in French). 16 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.


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