Saint-Pierre-des-Corps station

Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps is a railway station serving the town of Saint-Pierre-des-Corps and the Tours agglomeration, Indre-et-Loire department, western France. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway and the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway.

Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
LocationSaint-Pierre-des-Corps, Tours
France
Coordinates47°23′9″N 0°43′24″E
Owned byRFF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)TER, Intercités, TGV
Platforms2
Tracks3
Other information
Station codeIATA: XSH

History

Given its strategic position on the Loire, the entire Tours / Saint-Pierre-des-Corps railway complex was the target of bombing during the Second World War. In 1990 the passenger building, which by then no longer existed, was rebuilt following the opening of the LGV Atlantique, to accommodate TGV and Aqualys from 2001. This latter service is still provided, but was re-marketed as the Intercités brand.

In 2018, SNCF estimated annual usage of this station is 3,457,033 passengers and if non-passengers are included it rises to 4,321,292.[1]

Passenger services

Reception

The SNCF station has a passenger building, with ticket offices, open every day.[2] It is equipped with automatic machines for the purchase of tickets.

Services

Saint-Pierre-des-Corps is served by TGV and Ouigo, Intercités, Interloire, Rémi Express, TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Aléop (formerly TER Pays de la Loire trains) and rail shuttles between Tours and Saint-Pierre-des-Corps. However, the waiting room is located on the central and main platform, which makes it necessary to leave the station and to enter it.

The following services currently call at Saint-Pierre-des-Corps:

  • intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - Tours - Bourges - Lyon
  • intercity services (Intercités) Caen - Alençon - Le Mans - Tours
  • intercity services (Intercités) Paris - Orléans - Blois - Tours
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
TGV
Châtellerault
TGV
Terminus
Intercités
Terminus
toward Caen
Intercités
toward Nantes
Intercités
toward Le Mans
TER Pays de la Loire 25
Terminus
Terminus
TER Centre-Val de Loire 2.1
Montlouis-sur-Loire
toward Orléans
Terminus
TER Centre-Val de Loire 2.2
Véretz-Montlouis
toward Orléans
TER Centre-Val de Loire 2.6
toward Nantes

Other services

A park for bikes and parking for vehicles are provided.

Freight traffic

Until 2007 the station also included a marshalling yard, on a large site that extended all the way to the neighbouring commune of La Ville-aux-Dames. This station is open to freight service.

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References
  1. "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. "Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Gares & Connexions". www.garesetconnexions.sncf. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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