Bourg-Saint-Maurice station (French: Gare de Bourg-Saint-Maurice, ) is a railway station in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in southeast France.
The station is located at the end of the Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny–Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway. The station is served by TGV (high-speed long-distance) and TER (regional) services operated by the SNCF. During the winter months Eurostar services from Amsterdam, Brussels and Lille travel to Bourg-Saint-Maurice. The station was heavily rebuilt for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. The station also features some sidings to store passenger trains when not in use.
Juxtaposed controls are in fitted in the station for Eurostar passengers travelling to the United Kingdom (a routing not currently in service). Passengers clear Schengen Area exit checks (carried out by Customs officers) as well as UK immigration entry checks (conducted by the UK Border Force) in the station before boarding their train on a secure, gated platform.
Located beside the main railway station is the terminus station for the Arc en Ciel funicular railway, which links the town to the Arc 1600 ski area.
Train services The following services currently call at Bourg-Saint-Maurice:
Series Train Type Route Notes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 52 Regional Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux – Montmélian – Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny – Grésy-sur-Isère – Frontenex – Albertville – Notre-Dame-de-Briançon – Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains – Aime-La Plagne – Landry – Bourg-Saint-Maurice Daily High-speed Paris-Gare de Lyon – Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux – Albertville – Moûtiers – Salins – Brides-les-Bains – Aime-La Plagne – Landry – Bourg-Saint-Maurice Weekends & Holidays High-speed Paris-Gare de Lyon – Lyon-Saint-Exupéry – Grenoble – Albertville – Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains – Aime-La Plagne – Bourg-Saint-Maurice Seasonal International high-speed Amsterdam – Schiphol Airport – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Chambéry – Albertville – Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains – Aime-La Plagne – Landry – Bourg-Saint-Maurice Once weekly, Saturdays (Winter)
See also List of border crossing points in France
References
External links Timetables, TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Eurostar Website Thalys Website NS Hispeed Website