Ancienne gare de Digne les Bains - Digne les Bains, Paca, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YvesProvence
N 44° 05.310 E 006° 13.381
32T E 277686 N 4885452
La gare désaffectée de Digne les Bains
Waymark Code: WMWF52
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 08/26/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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FR La gare de Digne est une gare ferroviaire française située sur la commune de Digne-les-Bains, préfecture du département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

En 1891, la Compagnie des chemins de fer du Sud de la France met en service la ligne de Digne à Mezel-Chateauredon et ouvre une gare dont le bâtiment-voyageurs ... face à la gare ferroviaire de la Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM).

Les deux gares se font face et sont séparés par une cour commune.

La Compagnie des chemins de fer du Sud de la France est devenue la propriété, de 1925 à 1933, de la « société des chemins de fer de Provence ». On peut lire, se superposant, les noms des deux compagnies au-dessus de la porte.

En 1938 la PLM est intégrée à la SNCF qui abandonne cette ligne Saint-Auban Digne les Bains à la fin des années 1970.

Aujourd'hui, les Chemins de fer de Provence ont pris possession de la gare de la SNCF et a désafectée la sienne.



L'ancien logo des Chemin de Fer de Provence


EN Digne Train Station is a French railway station located in the commune of Digne-les-Bains, prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.

In 1891, the Compagnie des Railroads of the South of France put into service the line of Digne at Mezel-Chateauredon and opened a station whose passenger-building ... in front of the railway station of the Compagnie des Paris to Lyon and the Mediterranean (PLM).

The two stations face each other and are separated by a common courtyard.
The Railway Company of the South of France became the property of the "Railway Company of Provence" from 1925 to 1933. One can read, superimposed, the names of the two companies above the door.

In 1938 the PLM was integrated into the SNCF, which abandoned the Saint-Auban Digne les Bains line in the late 1970s.

Today, the Railways of Provence took possession of the railway station of the SNCF and disfigured its own.
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No

Is the station/depot open to the public?: No

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

What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: The line: Nice <=> Digne les Bains

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