Lorraine TGV station

Lorraine TGV station (French: Gare de 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 served by TGV inOui and Ouigo services.[1][2][3]

Lorraine
LocationRoute départementale 910
57420 Louvigny
Moselle
France
Coordinates48°56′51″N 6°10′11″E
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)LGV Est
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
ArchitectJean-Marie Duthilleul
History
Opened10 June 2007
Traffic
Passengers (2018)583 500

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]

Train services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward western France
TGV inOui
toward eastern France
Paris-Est
Terminus
OUIGO
Strasbourg
Terminus
Station platforms and tracks.
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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 Archived 2008-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, coredia.fr (in French).
  4. Jean-Christophe Erbstein, « Retour à la case Cheminot » Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, L'Est républicain (in French), 12 March 2007.
  5. Armelle Rousseau, « La ligne s'embrase à 20 h 01 » Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, L'Est républicain (in French), 15 March 2007.
  6. "Le TGV Est les a rendus complètement gagares", Libération (in French), 7 June 2007.


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