Tarascon station (French: Gare de Tarascon) is a railway station in Tarascon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southern France.

Tarascon SNCF
The station in 2013.
General information
LocationBoulevard Gustave-Desplaces
13150 Tarascon
Bouches-du-Rhône
France
Coordinates43°48′04″N 4°39′26″E / 43.80111°N 4.65724°E / 43.80111; 4.65724
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)L1, L2 of TER Occitanie
Other information
Station code87765354
History
Opened18 October 1847
Services
Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station
Nîmes
towards Narbonne
6 Arles
towards Marseille
Beaucaire
towards Narbonne
21 Avignon-Centre
Terminus
Nîmes-Pont-du-Gard
towards Portbou
22
First station at the site, shown before 1914.

History

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The first station was built on the site in 1848. The building and surrounding infrastructure were heavily bombed by the Allies during the Second World War in 1944. The passenger building was refurbished in 1960, and a service building was constructed at the site. An existing annex at the station was demolished and the passenger shelter was torn down and rebuilt, also in 1960. "In 1960, the SNCF entrusted the company Michel et Jauffret of Miramas with this work: refurbishment of the passenger building; construction of a service building; demolition of an annex building; demolition of the passenger shelter; reconstruction of a more modest shelter. The firm carried out the work at a cost of 341 178.17 francs (1960 value)."[1]

Services

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Tarascon is served by TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and TER Occitanie.

Within TER Occitanie, it is part of lines 6 (Narbonne–Marseille), 21 (Narbonne–Avignon) and 22 (Portbou–Avignon).[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (2010). ARLES, TARASCON, INVENTAIRE DE LA PRODUCTION ARCHITECTURALE ET URBAINE (1900-1980), QUARTIER DES CASERNES (Report) (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ Timetable search, TER Occitanie
  3. ^ Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.