There are many things I don’t understand about railways in France
One is how they name their stations
Some examples in the 🧵
One is how they name their stations
Some examples in the 🧵
Chambéry station - an important regional junction - is called
Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux
Because there’s a bit of town (NOT the bit where the station is!) called that. 🤷♂️
Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux
Because there’s a bit of town (NOT the bit where the station is!) called that. 🤷♂️
Aix-les-Bains
Station is called Aix-les-Bains-le-Revard because of course you need to add the name of the hills next to town to your station name 🤷♂️
Station is called Aix-les-Bains-le-Revard because of course you need to add the name of the hills next to town to your station name 🤷♂️
Le Creusot TGV
Little more than a little hut and a platform on the TGV line between Lyon and Paris. But it has to be called Le Creusot Montceau Montchanin TGV 🤷♂️
Little more than a little hut and a platform on the TGV line between Lyon and Paris. But it has to be called Le Creusot Montceau Montchanin TGV 🤷♂️
Montauban
Why does Ville Bourbon have to be added to the station name?
Why does Ville Bourbon have to be added to the station name?
There are some others where a city has multiple stations where the name helps distinguish them - Lille Flanders, St Etienne Châteaucreux, Lyon Part Dieu (but god is leaving?) etc.
Maybe I’m too German but calling a city’s main station Hauptbahnhof is fine for me 😊
And if there’s only one station then just give it the town’s name and be done with it
/ends
And if there’s only one station then just give it the town’s name and be done with it
/ends
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