Dijon-Ville station
railway station in Dijon, France
Dijon-Ville station (French: Gare de Dijon-Ville), sometimes simply Dijon, is a railway station located in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, eastern France. The station was opened in 1849. It is located at the junction of Paris–Marseille, Dijon–Saint-Amour, Dijon–Is-sur-Tille, and Dijon-Vallorbe lines. The train services are operated by SNCF and Lyria.
Services
From Dijon train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Belfort, Besançon, Mulhouse, Strasbourg.
International services operate to Switzerland: Zürich, Basel, Lausanne and Luxembourg.
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