Gare de Meuse TGV
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Meuse TGV is a train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 that opened in June 2007 along with the LGV Est
LGV Est
The LGV Est européenne is an extension to the French high-speed rail network, connecting currently Vaires-sur-Marne and Baudrecourt , and later Vaires-sur-Marne and Vendenheim . , it is the newest high-speed line in France and still under construction, with of a planned in service...

, a TGV
TGV
The TGV is France's high-speed rail service, currently operated by SNCF Voyages, the long-distance rail branch of SNCF, the French national rail operator....

 high-speed rail line from Paris to Strasbourg. It is located in Les Trois-Domaines
Les Trois-Domaines
Les Trois-Domaines is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....

, about 30 km from Verdun
Verdun
Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is the slightly smaller city of Bar-le-Duc.- History :...

 and Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc
Bar-le-Duc, formerly known as Bar, is a commune in the Meuse département, of which it is the préfecture . The department is in Lorraine in north-eastern France-Geography:...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Designed by Jean-Marie Duthilleul, director of architecture for the SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...

, it is the first timber-built station in France since the Gare d'Abbeville
Gare d'Abbeville
The Gare d'Abbeville is a railway station serving the town of Abbeville, Somme department, in Picardy, northern France. It is on the Longueau–Boulogne railway and is the terminus of the Abbeville–Eu railway...

in 1856.
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