Lorraine SNCF TGV
General information
LocationRoute départementale 910
57420 Louvigny
Moselle
France
Coordinates48°56′51″N 6°10′11″E / 48.94750°N 6.16972°E / 48.94750; 6.16972
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)LGV Est
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
ArchitectJean-Marie Duthilleul
Other information
Station code87142109
History
Opened10 June 2007
Passengers
2018583 500

Lorraine TGV station (French: Gare de Lorraine TGV) is a railway station located in Louvigny, France, on the LGV Est, a high-speed rail line running from Paris to Strasbourg. Opened in 2007 as part of the first phase of the new line, it is situated near Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport, between the cities of Metz and Nancy. As the two other new LGV Est stations (Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV and Gare de Meuse TGV) it is served by TGV inOui and Ouigo services.[1][2][3]

When built, it was criticised for being too far from any of the towns to be useful. There have been many political disputes since the 1990s to decide if it should be rebuilt at Vandières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, connected with the Metz–Nancy railway line (TER Grand Est).[4][5][6] It was the subject of a local referendum in February 2015, in which the majority of votes (58%) were against moving the station to Vandières, but voter turnout was very low (10%).[7] As a result, the project was abandoned.[8]

Train services

Preceding station SNCF Following station
Meuse TGV
towards Western France
 TGV inOui
 Strasbourg-Ville
towards Eastern France
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Paris-Est
Terminus
 Ouigo Strasbourg
Terminus
Station platforms and tracks.

References

  1. ↑ « Gare de Louvigny : permis de construire », Le Républicain lorrain (in French), 1 June 2005.
  2. ↑ Description du chantier Gare LGV Est, Lorraine, cari.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Références en bâtiments industriels et génie civil Archived 2008-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, coredia.fr (in French).
  4. ↑ Jean-Christophe Erbstein, « Retour à la case Cheminot » Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, L'Est républicain (in French), 12 March 2007.
  5. ↑ Armelle Rousseau, « La ligne s'embrase à 20 h 01 » Archived 2009-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, L'Est républicain (in French), 15 March 2007.
  6. ↑ "Le TGV Est les a rendus complètement gagares", Libération (in French), 7 June 2007.
  7. ↑ Consultation pour la gare de Vandières : les lorrains ont voté NON, l’abstention l’emporte, Tout-Metz, 1 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Le projet de la gare de Vandières abandonné, Tout-Metz, 19 February 2015.
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