Aix-en-Provence TGV station

Aix-en-Provence TGV
Aix-en-Provence TGV railway station
General information
Location	Aix-en-Provence and Cabriès Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Coordinates	43°27′18″N 5°19′2″E
Line(s)	LGV Méditerranée
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	87319012
IATA code	QXB
History
Opened	10 June 2001
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station Paris-Lyon Terminus TGV Toulon towards Nice-Ville Lyon Saint-Exupéry towards Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy Marseille Terminus Avignon TGV towards Paris-Lyon Avignon TGV towards Lille-Europe Avignon TGV towards Brussels-South Avignon TGV towards Northern France Avignon TGV towards Bordeaux Avignon TGV towards Lausanne TGV Lyria Seasonal service Preceding station Ouigo Following station Avignon TGV towards Lille-Flandres Grande Vitesse Marseille Terminus Avignon TGV towards Paris-Lyon Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV towards Paris-Lyon Toulon towards Nice Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Marseille Terminus ICE/TGV 84 Avignon TGV towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Eurostar Following station Marseille-Saint-Charles Terminus Eurostar (summer) Avignon TGV towards Amsterdam Centraal or Bruxelles-Midi
Location Aix-en-Provence TGV Location in France Aix-en-Provence TGV Location in Europe

Aix-en-Provence TGV or simply Aix TGV (French: Gare d'Aix-en-Provence TGV) is a high-speed railway station on the LGV Méditerranée located on the municipal border between Aix-en-Provence and Cabriès, Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France. Opened in 2001, the station is served by SNCF services. It serves the city of Aix-en-Provence, 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of the station, the northernmost parts of Marseille, some 20 km (12.4 mi) to the south, as well as Marseille Provence Airport and the town of Vitrolles to the west-southwest.

Train services

From Aix-en-Provence TGV train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Cannes, Nice, Dijon, Strasbourg, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes and Lille.

International services operate to Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp (in summer); Germany: Frankfurt; Switzerland: Geneva, Lausanne; The Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam (in summer); and Spain: Barcelona.

• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Aix-en-Provence - Cannes - Nice
• High speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aeroport CDG - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV/ICE) Frankfurt - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Belfort - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Strasbourg - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Nantes - Angers - Tours - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Rennes - Le Mans - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV Lyria) Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille (Summer Saturdays)

Trains in the direction of Marseille depart from platform 3; those for all other destinations from platform 4.

A summer Saturday only service from London, UK also terminated briefly at the station in 2013.

Bus services

The bus service L40 operates on the following routes:

• Aix-en-Provence TGV - Aix-en-Provence at a 15 minute frequency
• Aix-en-Provence TGV - Marseille Airport, half hourly

Other bus services operate to:

• Digne-les-Bains, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and Le Luc.

External links

• Official website