Aix-en-Provence TGV station

Aix-en-Provence TGV SNCF
Aix-en-Provence TGV railway station
General information
LocationAix-en-Provence and Cabriès
Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,  France
Coordinates43°27′18″N 5°19′2″E / 43.45500°N 5.31722°E / 43.45500; 5.31722
Line(s)LGV Méditerranée
Platforms2
Tracks4
Other information
Station code87319012
IATA codeQXB
History
Opened10 June 2001
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Paris-Lyon
Terminus
TGV
Toulon
towards Nice-Ville
Lyon Saint-Exupéry Marseille
Terminus
Avignon TGV
towards Paris-Lyon
Avignon TGV
towards Lille-Europe
Avignon TGV
Avignon TGV
Avignon TGV
towards Bordeaux
Avignon TGV
towards Lausanne
TGV Lyria
Seasonal service
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Avignon TGV Grande Vitesse Marseille
Terminus
Avignon TGV
towards Paris-Lyon
Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV
towards Paris-Lyon
Toulon
towards Nice
Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station
Marseille
Terminus
ICE/TGV 84 Avignon TGV
Preceding station Eurostar Following station
Marseille-Saint-Charles
Terminus
Eurostar (summer) Avignon TGV
Map
Location
Aix-en-Provence TGV is located in France
Aix-en-Provence TGV
Aix-en-Provence TGV
Location in France
Aix-en-Provence TGV is located in Europe
Aix-en-Provence TGV
Aix-en-Provence TGV
Location in Europe

Aix-en-Provence TGV or simply Aix TGV (French: Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV) is a high-speed railway station on the LGV Méditerranée located on the municipal border between Aix-en-Provence and Cabriès, Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France. Opened in 2001, the station is served by SNCF services. It serves the city of Aix-en-Provence, 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of the station, the northernmost parts of Marseille, some 20 km (12.4 mi) to the south, as well as Marseille Provence Airport and the town of Vitrolles to the west-southwest.

Train services

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From Aix-en-Provence TGV train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Cannes, Nice, Dijon, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes and Lille.

International services operate to Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp (in summer); Germany: Frankfurt; Switzerland: Geneva, Lausanne; The Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam (in summer); and Spain: Barcelona.

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Aix-en-Provence - Cannes - Nice
  • High speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV/ICE) Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Strasbourg - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Nantes - Angers - Tours - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Rennes - Le Mans - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV Lyria) Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
  • High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays)

Trains in the direction of Marseille depart from platform 3; those for all other destinations from platform 4.

A summer Saturday only service from London, UK also terminated briefly at the station in 2013.

Bus services

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The bus service L40 operates on the following routes:

Other bus services operate to:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aix-en-Provence Marseille Provence Airport Time Table" (PDF). lepilote.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
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