Perpignan station explained

Perpignan
Address:	1 place Salvador-Dalí 66000 Perpignan
Borough:	Pyrénées-Orientales
Operator:	SNCF
Line:	Narbonne–Portbou railway LGV Perpignan–Figueres Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent railway
Structure:	Ground
Platform:	4
Tracks:	6
Parking:	Yes (at Parking Perpignan Centre Del Mon–EFFIA)
Opened:	12 July 1858
Electrified:	Yes
Owned:	SNCF
Services Collapsible:	yes
Country:	France
Coordinates:	42.6965°N 2.8799°W

Perpignan station (French: Gare de Perpignan) is the railway station serving the city of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, southern France. Part of the station was decorated in the style of Salvador Dalí, for whom the place held special significance, having proclaimed it to be the "Centre of the Universe" after experiencing a vision of cosmogonic ecstasy there in 1963^[1] and made a painting called La Gare de Perpignan in 1965.

The station opened in 1858 and is located on the Narbonne–Portbou railway, LGV Perpignan–Figueres and Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent railway. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by SNCF.

Train services

The following services currently call at Perpignan:^{[2] [3]}

• High speed services (TGV) Paris–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona
• High speed services (TGV) Paris–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan
• High speed services (AVE) Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona
• High speed services (TGV) Toulouse–Carcassonne–Perpignan–Barcelona
• High speed services (AVE) Marseille–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona–Madrid
• Night services (Intercités de nuit) Paris–Carcassonne–Narbonne–Cerbère
• Express service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Béziers–Montpellier–Nîmes–Avignon
• Local service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Toulouse
• Local service (TER Occitanie) Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains–Perpignan

See also

• Gare de Perpignan murders
• List of SNCF stations in Occitanie

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coppens. Philip. Salvador Dalí: painting the fourth dimension. 18 June 2012.
2. https://m.ter.sncf.com/occitanie/se-deplacer/fiches-horaires Timetable search
3. https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/COCT/2021-11/A3%20CARTE%20R%C3%89GION%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rique_0.pdf Le réseau régional de transport public