Portets station
Portets station (French: Gare de Portets) is a French railway station located in the commune of Portets, Gironde department in the southwestern Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of the country. Established at an elevation of 14 meters, the station is located at kilometric point (KP) 20.275 on the Bordeaux–Sète railway, between the stations of Beautiran and Arbanats.[1]
Portets   | |||||||||||
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| SNCF railway station | |||||||||||
 Shelter with automatic ticket machines, a waiting room and bike racks facing the car parking lot. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Allée du Merlot 33640 Portets Gironde France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 44°41′33″N 0°25′28″W | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 14 metres (46 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||
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| Distance | 20.275 kilometres (12.598 mi) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 31 May 1855 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 121,322 | ||||||||||
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As of 2023, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine trains.
History
The station was put into service on 31 May 1855 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi et du Canal latéral à la Garonne (CF du Midi), alongside the opening of a section of railway between Bordeaux and Langon on the Bordeaux–Sète railway.[2]
In 2019, the SNCF estimated that 121,322 passengers traveled through the station, compared with 101,476 in 2018 and 91,047 in 2017.[3]
Services
Passenger services
Classified as a PANG (point d'accès non géré), the station is unstaffed and equipped with automatic ticket dispensers.[4]
Train services
As of 2022, the station is served by the following services:
- Local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 43.2U) Bordeaux ↔ Langon[5]
Intermodality
The station has onsite bike racks, while car parking is located within a close proximity.[4]
Image gallery
Train tracks looking towards Bordeaux.
Train tracks looking towards Agen.
The former passenger building in Portets.
References
- Douté, Reinhard (2011), Profils de lignes du réseau ferré français, Paris: Éd. La Vie du Rail, p. 29, ISBN 978-2-918758-34-1, OCLC 828217650, retrieved 2023-01-17
- Palau, François (1998). Le rail en France : le Second Empire. Tome 1, 1852-1857. Maguy Palau. Paris: F. et M. Palau. pp. 105–106. ISBN 2-9509421-1-3. OCLC 40636076.
- "Fréquentation en gares - Portets". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- "Gare Portets". SNCF.
- "Plan du réseau TER en Nouvelle-Aquitaine" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2022.