The Occitania location, in collaboration with the SNCF, has determined to reopen the railway line on the suitable financial institution of the Rhone in its southern section. The initially trains will operate on Monday 29 August among Pont-Saint-Esprit and Avignon at the rate of 4 round excursions for every working day. This line (Lyon / Nîmes) was shut to passenger educate targeted visitors in 1973 and focused to freight trains.
The return of passenger trains in Ardèche
The consequence of this reopening really should be the return of passenger trains to Ardèche. Ardèche, the only department in mainland France without the need of a passenger train due to the fact 1973. The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes location is predicted to carry on the link with Teil from February 2024. There should really therefore be a immediate link with the regional practice (TER) from Teil to Avignon or Nîmes.
In any situation, from this Monday, the TER Occitanie would have to get there without the need of a traveler in Teil 40 kilometers north of their terminus of Pont-Saint-Esprit to be equipped to reverse.
A Romans-sur-Isère / Nîmes link job
A more total reopening of the suitable lender of the Rhone is now beneath thing to consider. It would require developing a TER connection from Romans-sur-Isère to Avignon and Nîmes through the stations of Valence TGV, Valence Ville, Pouzin, Cruas, Teil, Viviers and Bourg-Saint-Andéol. This link could enter support in 2026.
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