Besançon Franche-Comté TGV train station
Besançon Franche-Comté TGV | |
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The station in July 2012
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Design | Through station with two butt tracks |
Platform tracks | 4th |
IBNR | 8730086 |
opening | December 11, 2011 |
Profile on SNCF.fr | Code: frtjb |
Architectural data | |
architect | Jean-Marie Duthilleul |
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City / municipality | Les auxons |
Department | Doubs department |
region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 47 ° 18 '32 " N , 5 ° 57' 28" E |
Railway lines | |
List of train stations in France |
The Besançon Franche-Comté TGV ( French Gare de Besançon Franche-Comté TGV ) station in the north of the agglomeration of Besançon is one of two new stations on the LGV Rhin-Rhône high-speed line . It went into operation on December 11, 2011 at the same time as the new line and is to be used by 1.1 million passengers annually. The station building was awarded the label for ecological building , as 75 percent of the energy required comes from renewable sources. The construction costs were estimated at 32 million euros.
Infrastructure
Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station has a total of six tracks, including two through tracks for non-stopping TGV trains. There are two tracks for stopping TGV trains and two butt tracks for regional trains that shuttle between the new station and the Besançon-Viotte station , as well as a connection between the LGV tracks and the connection with the Gare de Besançon-Viotte. The railway line connecting the Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station and the Besançon-Viotte station has been expanded for this new use (construction of an overhead line and renovation of the structures).
business
The commuting time between the two stations is estimated at 10 minutes. The service and travel times from Besançon Franche-Comté TGV are as follows (selection):
- Paris 9 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 1h 59.
- Lyon 5 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 1h 55.
- Marseille 3 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 3h 35.
- Montpellier 1 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 3h 50.
- Mulhouse 11 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 47 minutes.
- Freiburg 1 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 1h 30.
- Strasbourg 5 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 1h 40.
- Lille 1 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 3h 10.
- Luxembourg 2 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 3h 10.
- Frankfurt 2 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 3h 35.
- Dijon 10 H / R per day; Shortest travel time: 30 minutes.
H = outward journey R = return journey
See also
- Belfort-Montbéliard TGV station - the other station on the LGV Rhin-Rhône high-speed line