Cize—Bolozon station
Cize—Bolozon station (French: Gare de Cize—Bolozon) is a French railway station located in commune of Bolozon, Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. As its name suggests, that station also serves the nearby commune of Cize. It is located at kilometric point (KP) 25.061 on the Bourg-en-Bresse—Bellegarde railway.
Cize—Bolozon | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 01450 Bolozon Ain France | ||||||||||
Elevation | 318 m | ||||||||||
Owned by | SNCF | ||||||||||
Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Bourg-en-Bresse—Bellegarde railway | ||||||||||
Distance | 25.061 km | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 (center island) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 6 July 1876 | ||||||||||
Closed | 2005–2010 (for reconstruction) | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2016 | 931 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Originally opened in 1876, the station was closed in 2005 for renovations along the Haut-Bugey railway as well as reconstruction of the station, prior to re-opening in 2010.
As of 2020, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains.
History
The station was opened by the Compagnie des Dombes et des chemins de fer Sud-Est on 10 March 1876 along with a section of railway from Bourg-en-Bresse to Simandre-sur-Suran. The station was further acquired by the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée on 1 January 1884.
The station was closed for reconstruction in 2005, along with the remainder of the line, before re-opening on 12 December 2010. The old passenger building was torn down in June 2010, along with those of Ceyzériat and Villereversure.
In 2016, the SNCF estimated that 931 passengers traveled through the station.[1]
Services
Passenger services
Classified as a PANG (point d'accès non géré), the station is unstaffed without any passenger services.[2]
Train services
As of 2020, the station is served by the following services:
- Regional services (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 31) Bourg-en-Bresse ... Brion—Montréal-la-Cluse ... Oyonnax ... Saint-Claude.[3]
Intermodality
The station is equipped with a parking lot for passenger vehicles and secured storage for bicycles.[2]
- Cize—Bolozon station months before closure in 2005
- Old passenger building prior to removal
References
- "Fréquentation en gares - Cize-Bolozon". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - Horaires et informations pratiques au départ de la gare de Cize-Bolozon". www.ter.sncf.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "31 (MOREZ) ... SAINT-CLAUDE ... OYONNAX ... BOURG-EN-BRESSE ... (LYON)" (PDF). TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2021.