Gare d'Avignon TGV

The inside of the station.

The station from the outside.

A TGV at the station

Gare d'Avignon TGV (IATA: XZN) is a railway station built on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed train line in South-eastern France. It is located a few kilometres south of Avignon town centre. Avignon itself is in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France.

This station has two platforms with two through lines. This allows trains not stopping at Avignon to pass through at full speed, but away from passenger platforms.

This station, inaugurated in 2001, was designed by the cabinet of architecture of the SNCF under the direction of Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Jean-François Blassel. It has a 340 m (1,115 ft)-long glazed roof that has been compared to that of a cathedral.

It is served by French SNCF TGV services to Paris Gare de Lyon, Lille-Europe, Nîmes, Marseille St. Charles & Lyon etc.

Additionally in the summer months Thalys provide services between Amsterdam, Brussels and Eurostar operate international services direct to the nearby Avignon-Centre station as well as via Lyon to Avignon TGV.

Parts of the 2007 film "Mr Bean's Holiday" were shot at Gare d'Avignon.

See also

• List of TGV stations

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Paris-Lyon Terminus		TGV		Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Nice-Ville
Valence TGV toward northern France		TGV		Aix-en-Provence TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Nîmes toward Toulouse		TGV
Preceding station		DB		Following station
Aix-en-Provence TGV towards Marseille		ICE/TGV 84		Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station		Eurostar		Following station
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward London St Pancras		Eurostar		Aix-en-Provence TGV Terminus