Perpignan station

Perpignan
Perpignan
	Perpignan station
General information
Location	1 place Salvador-Dalí; 66000 Perpignan; Pyrénées-Orientales; France
Coordinates	42°41′47″N 2°52′48″E / 42.6965°N 2.8799°E
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Narbonne–Portbou railway; LGV Perpignan–Figueres; Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent railway;
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Yes (at Parking Perpignan Centre Del Mon–EFFIA)
Other information
Station code	87784009
History
Opened	12 July 1858
Electrified	Yes
Services
	Figueres–Vilafant towards Barcelona Sants
	Carcassonne towards Toulouse-Matabiau
Narbonne towards Marseille-St-Charles	Figueres–Vilafant towards Madrid Puerta de Atocha

Perpignan station (French: Gare de Perpignan) is the railway station serving the city of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, southern France. Part of the station was decorated in the style of Salvador Dalí, for whom the place held special significance, having proclaimed it to be the "Centre of the Universe" after experiencing a vision of cosmogonic ecstasy there in 1963^[1] and made a painting called La Gare de Perpignan in 1965.

The station opened in 1858 and is located on the Narbonne–Portbou railway, LGV Perpignan–Figueres and Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent railway. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by SNCF.

Train services[edit]

The following services currently call at Perpignan:^[2]^[3]

High speed services (TGV) Paris–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona
High speed services (TGV) Paris–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan
High speed services (AVE) Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona
High speed services (TGV) Toulouse–Carcassonne–Perpignan–Barcelona
High speed services (AVE) Marseille–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona–Madrid
Night services (Intercités de nuit) Paris–Carcassonne–Narbonne–Cerbère
Express service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Béziers–Montpellier–Nîmes–Avignon
Local service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Toulouse
Local service (TER Occitanie) Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains–Perpignan

References[edit]

^ Coppens, Philip. "Salvador Dalí: painting the fourth dimension". Retrieved 18 June 2012.
^ Timetable search, TER Occitanie
^ Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 12 May 2022.

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[1] Coppens, Philip. "Salvador Dalí: painting the fourth dimension". Retrieved 18 June 2012.

[2] Timetable search, TER Occitanie

[3] Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 12 May 2022.

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