Montluel station
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| Location | Place de la Gare 01120 Montluel Ain France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°50′52″N 5°03′27″E / 45.84777°N 5.05753°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 198 metres (650 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lyon–Geneva railway | ||||||||||
| Distance | 25.195 km | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 + service tracks | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 87723569 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 23 June 1856 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019 | 509,568 | ||||||||||
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Montluel station (French: Gare de Montluel) is a French railway station located in the commune of Montluel, Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Established at an elevation of 198 meters, the station is located at kilometric point (KP) 25.195 on the Lyon–Geneva railway, between the stations of La Boisse and La Valbonne.
As of 2022, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes trains.
The section of railway between Lyon and Ambérieu opened on 23 June 1856.[1] Initially from Lyon-Saint-Clair station, as the bridge across the Rhône was not yet finished, the line traveled along to the river until the Miribel station and extending until Montluel.[2]
On 7 January 2011, a 16-year old teenager, Antoine Mauresa, was fatally wounded by a TER train at the station. Following the incident, the safety of the station (which had no pedestrian overpass or underpass at the time), was widely called into question. The mayor of Montluel, Jacky Bernard, supported the construction of a separated passage-way.[3] The fully accessible passenger overpass was ultimately completed the year following, in 2012.[4]
In 2019, the SNCF estimated that 509,568 passengers traveled through the station.[5]
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