List new stations on lines at high speed in France

The new stations on line at high speed , sometimes called “stations (a)”, are a characteristic of the French network of lines at high speed.

This type of establishment, sometimes criticized, results at the same time from the French geography, marked by the existence of a capital, which dominates largely by its size and its attraction force all the other agglomerations, and of the will of the SNCF to privilege the direct connections between great agglomerations for better competing with the air mode. According to the geographer Jean-François Troin, “the stations in the countryside are an illusion of town planning, born from the phantasm from the elected officials and interests of the SNCF which wishes to save the most time on the layout by avoiding the downtown areas. ”

They are Gare S of passage located at the variation (except exception) of the center of the agglomerations and generally without connection with the traditional Railway network. Their service road is in general limited to some daily stops.

The station of Ablaincourt-Press, famous “High-Picardy” is known as the “station of the Betterave S”.

On the architectural level, one notes a revival with rather spectacular achievements like those of the line of TGV the Mediterranean, but also Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 - TGV, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (ex Satolas) and Lille Europe, whereas the first stations on new lines, like Creusot and Macon were very simple, without any architectural research.

On the line Paris-Lyon, were built:

the station of Creusot-Montceau-the-Mines-Montchanin TGV
the Station of Mason-Loach TGV

On LGV the Rhone-Alps, were built:

the Station of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV
the Station of Valence TGV

On the line of the TGV the Mediterranean, one built:

the Station of Avignon TGV
the Station of Aix-en-Provence TGV

In Paris region, were built:

on the line of interconnection Is of Paris

the Gare Airport Charles-of-Gaulle 2 TGV (Roissy)
the Gare of Marne-the-Valley - Chessy (Disneyland Paris)

on the line of the Atlantic TGV

the Gare of Massy-TGV

On the line North-Europe, were built:

the Station of TGV High-Picardy (Ablaincourt-Press)
the station of Lille-Europe
the Station of Calais-Fréthun

On the line of the Atlantic TGV, was built:

the Station of Massy-TGV
the Station of Vendôme-Villiers-on-Dormouse-TGV
the Station TGV-Futuroscope (which is not on a new line, but served exclusively by TGV)

On LGV Is European, were built:

Station of the Champagne-Ardennes - TGV
Station of Meuse - TGV
Station of Lorraine - TGV

On the branch is LGV the Rhine-Rhone in construction since July 3rd, 2006, two new stations are envisaged:

Besancon - TGV
Belfort - Montbeliard - TGV

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