Vaucluse: Avignon TGV, soon to be voted the most beautiful station in France?
By APEI Press Agency
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Who will succeed Metz and win the prize for “Most Beautiful Station in France”? Answer on October 5, 2022 when the SNCF will reveal the winner. For this 4th edition of the competition, Internet users will have to decide between 36 stations pre-selected in an internal vote. Is in the running for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region: the very modern Avignon TGV station.
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Showcasing heritage
The competition will take place from September 1 to 30 and will run as follows: every day from September 1 to 16, a region will be honored and will put three stations in its territory into competition, explains the SNCF in a press release. Please note that each Internet user can only vote for one. The final stage will therefore be opposed to 12 stations, one per region.
To vote, it’s on Accounts Facebook and instagram of SNCF Gare & Connections that it will happen.
The country has 3,000 stations, including 45 are listed historical monuments. The SNCF therefore aims to honor these “places of life, passage and exchanges” whose architecture is often “remarkable, unique” and which highlights “the rich heritage of the territory. »
Avignon TGV station
Avignon TGV station was built in 2001, 5 kilometers from Avignon center station. It is distinguished by its modern architecture which evokes an upturned boat hull, the work of Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Jean-François Blassel.
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