Montluel
SNCF TER
SNCF railway station
Passenger building and station entrance.
General information
LocationPlace de la Gare
01120 Montluel
Ain
France
Coordinates45°50′52″N 5°03′27″E / 45.84777°N 5.05753°E / 45.84777; 5.05753
Elevation198 metres (650 ft)
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Lyon–Geneva railway
Distance25.195 km
Platforms2
Tracks3 + service tracks
Train operators
Other information
Station code87723569
History
Opened23 June 1856
Passengers
2019509,568
Services
Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station
Beynost
towards Lyon-Part-Dieu
 35 La Valbonne
towards Chambéry
Location

Montluel station (French: Gare de Montluel) is a French railway station located in the commune of Montluel, Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Established at an elevation of 198 meters, the station is located at kilometric point (KP) 25.195 on the Lyon–Geneva railway, between the stations of La Boisse and La Valbonne.

As of 2022, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains.

History

The section of railway between Lyon and Ambérieu opened on 23 June 1856.[1] Initially from Lyon-Saint-Clair station, as the bridge across the Rhône was not yet finished, the line traveled along to the river until the Miribel station and extending until Montluel.[2]

On 7 January 2011, a 16-year old teenager, Antoine Mauresa, was fatally wounded by a TER train at the station. Following the incident, the safety of the station (which had no pedestrian overpass or underpass at the time), was widely called into question. The mayor of Montluel, Jacky Bernard, supported the construction of a separated passage-way.[3] The fully accessible passenger overpass was ultimately completed the year following, in 2012.[4]

In 2019, the SNCF estimated that 509,568 passengers traveled through the station.[5]

Services

Passenger services

Operated by the SNCF, the station has a passenger building equipped with automatic vending machines for purchasing tickets.[6] Since 2012, a fully accessible passenger overpass has allowed for movement from one platform to another.[4]

Train services

Montluel station is served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains running between Lyon-Part-Dieu or Lyon-Perrache and Ambérieu-en-Bugey.[6] Connections are possible from Ambérieu-en-Bugey station towards Culoz, Genève-Cornavin, Évian-les-Bains, Annecy, and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet.

Intermodality

The station is equipped with bicycle storage facilities.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LYON – PART DIEU". christophe.lachenal.free.fr. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  2. ↑ Palau, François; Palau, Maguy (1998). Le rail en France : le Second Empire. Tome 1, 1852-1857 (in French). Paris: F. et M. Palau. pp. 147–150. ISBN 2-9509421-1-3. OCLC 40636076.
  3. ↑ "Montluel: percuté par le train, il meurt". Lyon Mag (in French). 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. 1 2 "Et aussi - Montluel. Montluel - La passerelle de la gare est en place". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  5. ↑ "Fréquentation en gares - Montluel". SNCF (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  6. 1 2 3 "Gare Montluel - SERVICES EN GARE".
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