Gare de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet is a railway station serving the town Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie department, southeastern France. It is the southeastern terminus of the railway from La Roche-sur-Foron, the southwestern terminus of the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway and the western terminus of the Mont Blanc Tramway.
Overview
The station ticket office is open daily : 08h35-12h00 / 13h30-17h10. Outside, there are bus connections to Chamonix, les Contamines, St Gervais Bourg, and Passy. [1]
Routes serving the station are:
- 03 St Gervais/Evian/Genève - Bellegarde-sur-Valserine - Lyon
- 42 Genève-Eaux-Vives - St-Gervais
- 43 St-Gervais - Annecy
- Saint-Gervais - Chamonix - Martigny
- Le Réseau Routier Etudiant (student network).
The station is the terminus of different gauge tracks. A standard gauge line with overhead power runs towards Annecy and Lyon. A narrower, third-rail track runs towards Chamonix and Martigny. There is also a rack railway line up the mountain named Mont Blanc Tramway.[2]
The station is the base for maintenance equipment including a snow plough for the Mont Blanc express.
Services
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sallanches-Combloux-Megève toward Paris-Austerlitz | Intercités night trains | Terminus | ||
Sallanches-Combloux-Megève toward Lyon-Part-Dieu | TER Rhône-Alpes 3 | |||
Sallanches-Combloux-Megève toward Bellegarde | TER Rhône-Alpes 42 | |||
| Terminus | TER Rhône-Alpes 82 | Chedde toward Vallorcine |
References
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- Timetables TER Rhône-Alpes (in French)
Coordinates: 45°54′24″N 6°42′4″E / 45.90667°N 6.70111°E