Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station (French: Gare de 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 standard gauge La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line from La Roche-sur-Foron, the southwestern terminus of the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line from the Swiss border, and the western terminus of the Mont Blanc Tramway.^[1] It is the southeastern terminus of the L3 line of the Léman Express, a suburban rail network for the Grand Genève, which began operation in 2019.

Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
Entrance of the station
General information
Location	Saint-Gervais-les-Bains France
Coordinates	45°54′23.123″N 6°42′4.792″E / 45.90642306°N 6.70133111°E / 45.90642306; 6.70133111
Elevation	580 m (1,900 ft)
Owned by	SNCF
Line(s)	La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet line Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine line
Distance	46.9 km (29.1 mi) from La Roche-sur-Foron^[1]
Train operators	Compagnie du Mont-Blanc [fr] SNCF TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Connections	Cars Région Haute-Savoie [fr] bus lines^[2]
Passengers
2019	356,019^[3] (SNCF)
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station Sallanches-Combloux-Megève towards Paris-Lyon TGV inOui Seasonal service Terminus Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station Sallanches-Combloux-Megève towards Lyon-Part-Dieu 3 Terminus Sallanches-Combloux-Megève towards Annecy 43 Terminus 44 Chedde towards Vallorcine Preceding station Léman Express Following station Sallanches-Combloux-Megève towards Coppet L3 Terminus
Location

The station is the base for maintenance equipment including a snow plough for the Mont Blanc Express.

Services

As of the December 2020 timetable change,^[update] the following rail services stop at Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet:^[4][5][6]

• TGV inOui: on weekends during the winter season, two round-trips per day to Paris-Lyon.,
• Léman Express L3 / TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: hourly service to Annemasse and every two hours to Coppet.
• TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:
  • hourly service to Vallorcine.
  • rush-hour service to Annecy.

There are bus connections to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, les Contamines, St Gervais Bourg, and Passy.^[2]

References

1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
2. "La Région vous transporte" (PDF) (in French). La Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. "Fréquentation en gares" (in French). SNCF. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
4. "Horaires" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
5. "Horaires" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
6. "Horaires" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

External links

•   Media related to Gare de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet at Wikimedia Commons
• Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station – TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes