Jonzac train station

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Jonzac train station
The station
The station
Data
Location in the network Intermediate station
Platform tracks 3
IBNR 8702405
opening January 26, 1870
Architectural data
Architectural style historicism
location
City / municipality Jonzac
Department Charente-Maritime department
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country France
Coordinates 45 ° 26 '20 "  N , 0 ° 26' 30"  W Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '20 "  N , 0 ° 26' 30"  W.
Height ( SO ) 40  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in France
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The Jonzac Station is located in the southwest of the small town of Jonzac in the Charente-Maritime . The railway line of the Chartres – Bordeaux line runs here almost in a north-west-south-east direction and parallel to the Seugne on its left bank. From the city you can get to Rue Alsace-Lorraine via Avenue du Général de Gaulle (D 699, formerly RN 141 ) , which allows access to the station building from a forecourt that extends over the entire width of the station building. To the left of the station forecourt were some sidings, the area of ​​which is now unused.

history

The route was developed from Pons in the direction of Bordeaux by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) , today the financial holding "Paris-Orléans SA." On January 26, 1870, the line to Jonzac was completed and opened. The further course of the route could only be completed a year and a half later due to the war. The line ended at the next station, Montendre , too . The route to Bordeaux could only be completed three years later.

Goods handling has not been possible since the 1980s.

architecture

Front of the station

The two-story, five-axis station building with its two side wings has a representative character. This impression is reinforced by the location at the end of Rue Alsace-Lorraine with the courtyard-shaped station forecourt. The building is in the style of historicism and is well structured by the two side projections. In contrast to other station buildings of this size that were built by this company, the building is richly decorated. The hipped roof is covered with slate .

service

The train station has a manned ticket office despite its relatively small number of people. All trains of the Transport express régional , which usually run continuously between La Rochelle and Bordeaux, and the Intercités in the direction of Bordeaux – Toulouse – Marseille, stop on the non-electrified railway line . A total of ten pairs of trains run on weekdays .

Web links

Commons : Jonzac Station  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Gérard Blier: Histoire des transports en Charente-Maritime, des voies romaines au TGV (une parfaite synthèse de geographie historique) , 2003, ISBN 2-907967-80-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Stürmer: History of the railways: Development and current design of all railroad networks on earth , Volume 1, Mittler'sche Buchhandlung, 1872, p. 37
  2. ↑ Timetable of the La Rochelle – Bordeaux route (PDF; 778 kB)