5-705: Avignon TGV ( IATA : XZN ) is a railway station located in Avignon , France. It was opened on 10 June 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée high-speed line and Avignon-Centre–Avignon TGV railway. The train services are operated by the SNCF . The station is located 6 km south of the city centre. This station has two platforms for trains calling at the station, 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,
10-455: Is served by the following services: From Avignon TGV train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon , Marseille , Cannes , Nice , Dijon , Strasbourg , Montpellier , Nantes , Rennes and Lille . International services operate to Belgium: Brussels , Antwerp (in summer), Germany: Frankfurt , Spain: Barcelona , Madrid , Switzerland: Geneva , Lausanne and The Netherlands: Amsterdam (in summer). Additionally in
15-878: The summer months Thalys provide services between Amsterdam and Brussels . Parts of the 2007 film " Mr Bean's Holiday " were shot at the Avignon station. List of IATA-indexed railway stations Many major railway stations that are involved in intermodal passenger transport are assigned codes by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), similar to IATA airport codes . Such railway stations are typically used in air-rail alliances or code sharing agreements (commonly known as "Rail Fly") between airlines and rail lines, particularly in Europe. By assigning railway stations an IATA code, passengers on trips involving those stations can be ticketed all
20-520: The way through the journey, including being checked straight through to their final destination, without the bother of having to claim their baggage and check-in again when changing between the rail and air portions of a trip. At other places, passengers have to carry their baggage onto the train, but need no separate train booking process. Rail lines and stations at airports include: ( AIRail Service with Deutsche Bahn ). The IATA codes for railway stations normally begin with Q , X or Z , except when
25-417: 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 . On 15 December 2013 a link line between Avignon's city station and Avignon's high speed station opened, with a regular shuttle service operating between the two. The station
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