Gare de Lorraine TGV

Lorraine TGV
Location Louvigny, France
Coordinates 48°56′51″N 6°10′11″E / 48.94750°N 6.16972°E / 48.94750; 6.16972Coordinates: 48°56′51″N 6°10′11″E / 48.94750°N 6.16972°E / 48.94750; 6.16972
Line(s) LGV Est
Platforms 2
Tracks 4
History
Opened 10 June 2007

Lorraine TGV is a railway station located in Louvigny, France, on the LGV Est, a high-speed rail line running from Paris to Strasbourg. Opened in 2007 as part of the first phase of the new line, it is situated near Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport, between the cities of Metz and Nancy. As the two other new LGV Est stations (Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV and Gare de Meuse TGV) it is used by classical TGV and Ouigo services.[1][2][3]

When built, it was criticised for being too far from any of the towns to be useful. There have been many political disputes since the 1990s to decide if it should be rebuilt at Vandières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, connected with the Metz–Nancy railway line (TER Lorraine).[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ « Gare de Louvigny : permis de construire », Le Républicain lorrain (in French), 1 June 2005.
  2. ↑ Description du chantier Gare LGV Est, Lorraine, cari.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Références en bâtiments industriels et génie civil, coredia.fr (in French).
  4. ↑ Jean-Christophe Erbstein, « Retour à la case Cheminot », L'Est républicain (in French), 12 March 2007.
  5. ↑ Armelle Rousseau, « La ligne s'embrase à 20 h 01 », L'Est républicain (in French), 15 March 2007.
  6. ↑ "Le TGV Est les a rendus complètement gagares", Libération (in French), 7 June 2007.
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward western France
TGV
toward eastern France
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