Le Creusot TGV station

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General information
Location	Écuisses, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy; France
Coordinates	46°45′55″N 4°29′59″E / 46.76528°N 4.49972°E
Line(s)	TGV Sud-Est
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
History
Opened	27 September 1981

The Gare du Creusot TGV is a railway station on the LGV Sud-Est providing TGV high-speed train services to the town of Le Creusot, France. Opened 27 September 1981, the station is located outside the city in the town of Écuisses and is accessible by road.

The station is arranged with two side tracks for stopping trains, and two centre tracks for non-stopping trains to pass at full speed.

The next northbound station on LGV Sud-Est is Paris-Gare de Lyon, the next southbound station is Gare de Mâcon-Loché TGV.

TGV journey times from the station to Paris: 1 hour 20 minutes, Lyon 40 minutes.

55 km north of the station is the highest point on the line at 489m above sealevel, near the town of Liernais. This is near the range dividing the Seine and Loire river valleys, and not far from the Rhone river valley.

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