Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station (French: Gare de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet) is a railway station serving the town Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie department, southeastern France. It is the southeastern terminus of the standard gauge La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line from La Roche-sur-Foron, the southwestern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line from the Swiss border, and the western terminus of the Mont Blanc Tramway.[1] It is the southeastern terminus of the L3 line of the Léman Express, a suburban rail network for the Grand Genève, which began operation in 2019.
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Location | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°54′23.123″N 6°42′4.792″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 580 m (1,900 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | SNCF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distance | 46.9 km (29.1 mi) from La Roche-sur-Foron[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Connections | Cars Région Haute-Savoie bus lines[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | 356,019[3] (SNCF) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station is the base for maintenance equipment including a snow plough for the Mont Blanc Express.
Services
As of the December 2020 timetable change, the following rail services stop at Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet:[4][5][6]
- TGV inOui: on weekends during the winter season, two round-trips per day to Paris-Lyon.,
- Léman Express L3 / TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: hourly service to Annemasse and every two hours to Coppet.
- TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
- hourly service to Vallorcine.
- rush-hour service to Annecy.
There are bus connections to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, les Contamines, St Gervais Bourg, and Passy.[2]
References
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- "La Région vous transporte" (PDF) (in French). La Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Fréquentation en gares" (in French). SNCF. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Horaires" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Horaires" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Horaires" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
External links
- Media related to Gare de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet at Wikimedia Commons
- Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station – TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes