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Angers-Saint-Laud
Angers-Saint-Laud railway station
General information
Location	Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire,  France
Coordinates	47°27′53″N 0°33′25″W / 47.46472°N 0.55694°W / 47.46472; -0.55694
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Le Mans–Angers railway Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Connections	Angers tramway
Other information
Station code	IATA: QXG
History
Opened	1 August 1849
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station NantesTerminus Intercités Saumurtowards Lyon-Perrache TGV Le Manstowards Montparnasse Le Manstowards Eastern France Saumurtowards Montpellier Saint-Pierre-des-Corpstowards Eastern France Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station Ancenistowards Nantes 2.6 Saumurtowards Orléans Preceding station TER Pays de la Loire Following station Savennières-Béhuardtowards Nantes 4 Terminus Terminus 19 La Bohalletowards Tours 20 Savennières-Béhuardtowards Cholet Ancenistowards Nantes 21 Angers-Maître-Écoletowards Le Mans 28 Sablétowards Rennes Preceding station Ouigo Following station Le Manstowards Paris-Montparnasse Grande Vitesse NantesTerminus Le Manstowards Paris-Austerlitz Train Classique Saumurtowards Paris-Austerlitz

Angers-Saint-Laud is a railway station located in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, western France. The station was opened in 1849 and is located on the Le Mans–Angers railway and the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway. The train services are operated by SNCF.

The station is at 40 m above sea level and at kilometre post 342.950 of the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway.

History

The station was constructed beginning in 1848 and ultimately opened on 30 July 1849, along with the Saumur-Angers section of the Tours-Saint-Nazaire railway. In 1851 the line was completed from Angers westward to Nantes. The station gradually expanded as traffic grew in the latter half of the 19th century.

The station building was largely destroyed by bombing raids during the Second World War. A new one was opened in 1956, and ultimately renovated in 2001.

In 2014, the station was used by 5,284,928 travelers.

Train services

The following services currently call at Angers-Saint-Laud:

• High speed services (TGV)
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans – Paris
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans – Aeroport CDG – Lille
  • Nantes – Angers – Tours / Le Mans – Lyon – Marseille
  • Nantes – Angers – Tours / Le Mans – Lyon – Montpellier
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans – Aeroport CDG – Strasbourg
  • Le Croisic – St Nazaire – Nantes – Angers – Paris
  • Les Sables-d'Olonne – Nantes – Angers – Paris
• Intercity services (Intercités)
  • Nantes – Tours – Bourges – Lyon
• Regional service (TER Pays de la Loire)
  • Nantes – Angers – Tours – Orleans
  • Nantes – Angers – Le Mans
• Local service (TER Pays de la Loire)
  • Nantes – Angers
  • Angers – Saumur – Tours
  • Angers – Cholet
• OUIGO Services

References

1. Airport information for Gare d'Angers-Saint-Laud at Transport Search website.
2. "Fréquentation en gares". ressources.data.sncf.com. Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
3. Rechercher une fiche horaire, TER Pays de la Loire, accessed 16 May 2022.
4. Carte des lignes régionales de transport des Pays de la Loire Archived 2021-06-08 at the Wayback Machine, TER Pays de la Loire, accessed 16 May 2022.
5. Angers-Saint-Laud station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

• Railway stations in Maine-et-Loire
• TER Pays de la Loire
• Railway stations in France opened in 1849
• Buildings and structures in Angers