Massy TGV station
{{Short description|TGV railway station in Massy, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Massy TGV
| native_name = Gare de Massy TGV
| native_name_lang = fr
| symbol = tgvinoui
| symbol_location = fr
| symbol2 = ouigo
| symbol_location2 = fr
| image = Massy gare TGV.jpg
| image_caption = Massy TGV station entrance
| address = 7 Avenue Carnot
| borough = Massy,
| country = France, Palaiseau
| coordinates = {{coord|48|43|34|N|02|15|42|E|region:FR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{cvt|78|m}}
| owned = SNCF
| line = LGV Atlantique
| platform = 2
| tracks = 4
| connections = {{rint|paris|r}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|r|b}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|r|c}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|i}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|i|v}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|g}} at Massy-Palaiseau
| structure = Below-grade
| parking = Yes
| accessible = Yes
| code = {{Uic8}}
| opened = {{Start date|1991|09|29|df=yes}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations
|system1=SNCF
|line1=TGV inOui|type1=Montparnasse–W|left1=Montparnasse|right1=Le Mans
|line2=TGV inOui|type2=Montparnasse–SW|left2=Montparnasse|right2=Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV
|line3=TGV inOui|type3=E–W|left3=Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy|right3=Le Mans
|line4=TGV inOui|type4=E–SW|left4=Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy|right4=Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV
|line5=TGV inOui|type5=SE–W|left5=Le Creusot TGV|right5=Le Mans
|line6=TGV inOui|type6=SE–SW|left6=Le Creusot TGV|right6=Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV
|line7=TGV inOui|type7=Bourg-Saint-Maurice–Cherbourg|left7=Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux|right7=Versailles–Chantiers
|system11=Ouigo
|line11=OGV|left11=Paris-Montparnasse|right11=Le Mans|to-left11=Paris-Montparnasse|to-right11=Nantes
|line12=OGV|left12=Paris-Montparnasse|right12=Laval|to-left12=Paris-Montparnasse|to-right12=Rennes
|line13=OGV|left13=Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy|right13=Saint-Pierre-des-Corps|to-left13=Tourcoing|to-right13=Bordeaux
}}
}}
Massy TGV station ({{langx|fr|Gare de Massy TGV}}) is a TGV railway station in Massy and Palaiseau, France. The station was built along the LGV Atlantique and serves as a transfer point to the regional rail system that stops at the nearby Massy-Palaiseau station.
Services
The proximity of station the Massy-Palaiseau station (one can even consider that Massy TGV is an extension of this station) makes it possible for this station to serve a great part of south Paris and its suburbs. The station also offers the advantage of enabling Lille–Tours(–Bordeaux) and Strasbourg-Tours(-Bordeaux) trains to serve Paris via the LGV Interconnexion Est without having to turn around at a terminus station (e.g. Gare de l'Est or Gare de Lyon).{{Cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines/la-gare-tgv-de-massy-fete-ses-dix-ans-28-09-2001-2002470155.php|title=La gare TGV de Massy fête ses dix ans|date=28 September 2001|work=leparisien.fr|access-date=1 May 2018|language=fr-FR}} However, in spite of these advantages, the traffic of this station remains low.
History
On 29 September 1991, Massy TGV was inaugurated by the SNCF.{{Cite news|url=http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Historique-des-mises-en-service.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803081242/http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Historique-des-mises-en-service.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2012|title=L'historique des mises en service – Ministère du Développement durable|date=3 August 2012|work=archive.is|access-date=1 May 2018}} It had a total cost of {{currency|amount=160000000|code=FRF|first=yes|linked=yes}} (equivalent to {{€|{{Formatnum:{{To EUR|160000000|FRA|year=1991|series=fixed|round=yes}}}}|link=yes}}).
The station project first received the opposition of the SNCF and the local residents of Massy; the project was considered to be too close to Montparnasse station, in Paris, and a potential nuisance. The Ministry of Transport nevertheless pursued the project, as the station might avoid the suburban commuters having to travel through the capital with the RER C or B from Massy-Palaiseau.{{Cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/40-ans-du-parisien-essonne-1985-les-travaux-de-la-gare-tgv-de-massy-lances-24-08-2016-6065931.php|title=40 ans du Parisien Essonne : 1985, les travaux de la gare TGV de Massy lancés|date=24 August 2016|work=leparisien.fr|access-date=1 May 2018|language=fr-FR}}
In 2007, works were launched in order to restructure the area and the station and better integration in Massy. This involves the construction of a footbridge which would link Massy TGV, Massy – Palaiseau SNCF station, Massy – Palaiseau RATP station. The end of the works, initially programmed for 2010,{{Cite web|url=http://www.massypolegares.fr/|title=Massy-Pôle gares|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114070429/http://www.massypolegares.fr/|archive-date=14 November 2011|url-status=dead}} has been delayed by two years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.essonne.fr/economie-amenagement/breves/breve/gare_de_massy_la_passerelle_de_labsurde/|title=- Conseil départemental de l'Essonne – CD91|last=l'Essonne|first=Conseil départemental de|website=www.essonne.fr|language=fr|access-date=1 May 2018}}
References
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External links
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