Gare de Mulhouse
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The Gare de Mulhouse, also known as Gare de Mulhouse-Ville or locally as Gare Centrale, is the main railway station in the city of Mulhouse
, Alsace
, France
. It is the eastern terminus of the Paris–Mulhouse railway
.
Rail services from Mulhouse to the following stations are available:
A tram stop on the forecourt of the station serves as the terminus of lines 2 and 3 of the Mulhouse tramway
, as well as the tram-train
service to Thann
. The outer section of this tram-train line shares its tracks with the SNCF service from inside the station to Kruth.
Mulhouse
Mulhouse |mill]] hamlet) is a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. With a population of 110,514 and 278,206 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2006, it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin département, and the second largest in the Alsace region after...
, Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
, 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...
. It is the eastern terminus of the Paris–Mulhouse railway
Paris–Mulhouse railway
The railway from Paris to Mulhouse is an important French 491-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the eastern city Mulhouse via Troyes, Chaumont and Belfort. The railway was opened in several stages between 1848 and 1858.-Route:...
.
Rail services from Mulhouse to the following stations are available:
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A tram stop on the forecourt of the station serves as the terminus of lines 2 and 3 of the Mulhouse tramway
Mulhouse tramway
The Mulhouse tramway is a tram network in the French city of Mulhouse. It commenced service in 2006, and now comprises three purely tram lines, plus one hybrid tram-train line.- Tram services :...
, as well as the tram-train
Tram-train
A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run both on an urban tramway network and on main-line railways to combine the tram's flexibility and availability and the train's greater speed...
service to Thann
Thann, Haut-Rhin
Thann is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.Its inhabitants are known as Thannois.-Geography:...
. The outer section of this tram-train line shares its tracks with the SNCF service from inside the station to Kruth.