Angers-Saint-Laud station

Angers-Saint-Laud
Angers-Saint-Laud railway station
General information
Location	Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire,  France
Coordinates	47°27′53″N 0°33′25″W / 47.46472°N 0.55694°W / 47.46472; -0.55694
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Le Mans–Angers railway Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Angers tramway
Other information
Station code	IATA: QXG[1]
History
Opened	1 August 1849
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station Nantes Terminus Intercités Saumur towards Lyon-Perrache TGV Le Mans towards Montparnasse Le Mans towards Eastern France Saumur towards Montpellier Saint-Pierre-des-Corps towards Eastern France Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station Ancenis towards Nantes 2.6 Saumur towards Orléans Preceding station TER Pays de la Loire Following station Savennières-Béhuard towards Nantes 4 Terminus Terminus 19 La Bohalle towards Tours 20 Savennières-Béhuard towards Cholet Ancenis towards Nantes 21 Angers-Maître-École towards Le Mans 28 Sablé towards Rennes Preceding station Ouigo Following station Le Mans towards Paris-Montparnasse Grande Vitesse Nantes Terminus Le Mans towards Paris-Austerlitz Train Classique Saumur towards Paris-Austerlitz

Angers-Saint-Laud is a railway station located in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, western France. The station was opened in 1849 and is located on the Le Mans–Angers railway and the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway. The train services are operated by SNCF.

The station is at 40 m above sea level and at kilometre post 342.950 of the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway.

The station was constructed beginning in 1848 and ultimately opened on 30 July 1849, along with the Saumur-Angers section of the Tours-Saint-Nazaire railway. In 1851 the line was completed from Angers westward to Nantes. The station gradually expanded as traffic grew in the latter half of the 19th century.

The station building was largely destroyed by bombing raids during the Second World War. A new one was opened in 1956, and ultimately renovated in 2001.

In 2014, the station was used by 5,284,928 travelers. ^[2]

The following services currently call at Angers-Saint-Laud:^[3][4][5]

• High speed services (TGV)
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans – Paris
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans – Aeroport CDG – Lille
  • Nantes – Angers – Tours / Le Mans – Lyon – Marseille
  • Nantes – Angers – Tours / Le Mans – Lyon – Montpellier
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans – Aeroport CDG – Strasbourg
  • Le Croisic – St Nazaire – Nantes – Angers – Paris
  • Les Sables-d'Olonne – Nantes – Angers – Paris
• Intercity services (Intercités)
  • Nantes – Tours – Bourges – Lyon
• Regional service (TER Pays de la Loire)
  • Nantes – Angers – Tours – Orleans
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans
• Local service (TER Pays de la Loire)
  • Nantes – Angers
  • Angers – Saumur – Tours
  • Angers – Cholet
• OUIGO Services

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