Portets station

Portets
Portets
SNCF railway station
	Shelter with automatic ticket machines, a waiting room and bike racks facing the car parking lot.
General information
Location	Allée du Merlot; 33640 Portets; Gironde; France
Coordinates	44°41′33″N 0°25′28″W / 44.69250°N 0.42444°W
Elevation	14 metres (46 ft)
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Bordeaux–Sète railway;
Distance	20.275 kilometres (12.598 mi)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
History
Opened	31 May 1855
Passengers
2019	121,322
Services
Location
Location

Portets station (French: Gare de Portets) is a French railway station located in the commune of Portets, Gironde department in the southwestern Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of the country. Established at an elevation of 14 meters, the station is located at kilometric point (KP) 20.275 on the Bordeaux–Sète railway, between the stations of Beautiran and Arbanats.^[1]

As of 2023, the station is owned and operated by the SNCF and served by TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine trains.

History

The station was put into service on 31 May 1855 by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi et du Canal latéral à la Garonne (CF du Midi), alongside the opening of a section of railway between Bordeaux and Langon on the Bordeaux–Sète railway.^[2]

In 2019, the SNCF estimated that 121,322 passengers traveled through the station, compared with 101,476 in 2018 and 91,047 in 2017.^[3]

Classified as a PANG (point d'accès non géré), the station is unstaffed and equipped with automatic ticket dispensers.^[4]

As of 2022, the station is served by the following services:

The station has onsite bike racks, while car parking is located within a close proximity.^[4]

^ Douté, Reinhard (2011), Profils de lignes du réseau ferré français, Paris: Éd. La Vie du Rail, p. 29, ISBN 978-2-918758-34-1, OCLC 828217650, retrieved 2023-01-17
^ Palau, François (1998). Le rail en France : le Second Empire. Tome 1, 1852-1857. Maguy Palau. Paris: F. et M. Palau. pp. 105–106. ISBN 2-9509421-1-3. OCLC 40636076.
^ "Fréquentation en gares - Portets". ressources.data.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-17.
^ ^a ^b "Gare Portets". SNCF.
^ "Plan du réseau TER en Nouvelle-Aquitaine" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 19 April 2022.