Montluel station

Montluel
SNCF railway station
Passenger building and station entrance.
General information
Location	Place de la Gare 01120 Montluel Ain France
Coordinates	45°50′52″N 5°03′27″E
Elevation	198 metres (650 ft)
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Lyon–Geneva railway
Distance	25.195 km
Platforms	2
Tracks	3 + service tracks
Train operators	TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Other information
Station code	87723569
History
Opened	23 June 1856
Passengers
2019	509,568
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]

• Pedestrian overpass
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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.

• Infrastructure and train services
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  Pedestrian overpass
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  Tracks and platforms.
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  TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes train at the platform

Intermodality

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

See also

• List of SNCF stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

References

1. "LYON – PART DIEU". christophe.lachenal.free.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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). 9 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
4. "Et aussi - Montluel. Montluel - La passerelle de la gare est en place". www.leprogres.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
5. "Fréquentation en gares - Montluel". SNCF (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2023.
6. "Gare Montluel - SERVICES EN GARE".