Annecy station
railway station in Annecy, France
Annecy ([an(ə)si] ; French: Gare d'Annecy) is the main railway station in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, southeastern France. The station was opened in 1866 and is located on the Aix-les-Bains–Annemasse railway and the former Annecy–Albertville railway, part of which is now used as a bike path along Lake Annecy. The trains serving this station are operated by SNCF and CFF (the latter for the Léman Express service). In December 2012 a new multimodal interchange between bus routes and the train station was opened.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2043382. Authority coordinates are 45.902, 6.122. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1866 and 2012.
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