Gare SNCF (Chinon, Centre, France)
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N 47° 09.783 E 000° 15.098
31T E 291696 N 5226948
[FR] La gare de Chinon est une gare ferroviaire française de la ligne des Sables-d'Olonne à Tours. [EN] The station of Chinon is a french railroad station of the line Les Sables-d'Olonne to Tours. (source : Wikipedia)
Waymark Code: WMJ31C
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 09/15/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TheBeanTeam
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[FR] La gare de Chinon a été mise en service en 1887.
Plus précisément la voie venant de Tours se poursuivait jusqu'à la Vienne qu'elle franchissait par un viaduc, se divisant au niveau du lieu-dit "Saint-Lazare" en deux branches, l'une vers Loudun et l'autre en direction de Ligré, où cette dernière se subdivisait à nouveau en une voie vers Port-de-Piles (sur la ligne de Paris à Bordeaux, entre Tours et Poitiers) et une autre vers Richelieu. La ligne de Richelieu a accueilli jusqu'à il y a quelques années un train touristique géré par l'association Trains à vapeur de Touraine (TVT), interrompu depuis 2004, en raison du trop mauvais état de la voie, que le conseil général prévoit de transformer en voie verte.

[EN] The station of Chinon was put into service in 1887.
More exactly the way coming from Tours continued to Vienne where it crossed by a viaduct, dividing at the level of the locality " Saint-Lazare " into two branches, the one towards Loudun and the other one in the direction of Ligré, where the latter was again subdivided into a way towards Port-de-Piles (on the line from Paris to Bordeaux, between Tours and Poitiers) and one other towards Richelieu. The line of Richelieu welcomed up to a few years ago a tourist train managed by the association Steam trains of Touraine ( TVT), interrupted since 2004, because of the too bad state of the way, which the General Council plans to transform into green way.

(source : Wikipedia)
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No

Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes

What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Tours à (to) Chinon

If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: Not listed

Station/Depot Web Site: Not listed

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