Lorraine TGV station

Lorraine
General information
LocationRoute départementale 910
57420 Louvigny
Moselle
France
Coordinates48°56′51″N 6°10′11″E / 48.94750°N 6.16972°E / 48.94750; 6.16972
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)LGV Est
Platforms2
Tracks4
Construction
ArchitectJean-Marie Duthilleul
Other information
Station code87142109
History
Opened10 June 2007
Passengers
2023493 690

Lorraine TGV station (French: Gare de Lorraine TGV) is a railway station located in Louvigny, France, on the LGV Est, a high-speed rail line running from Paris to Strasbourg. Opened in 2007 as part of the first phase of the new line, it is situated near Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport, between the cities of Metz and Nancy. As the two other new LGV Est stations (Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV and Gare de Meuse TGV) it is served by TGV inOui and Ouigo services.

When built, it was criticised for being too far from any of the towns to be useful. There have been many political disputes since the 1990s to decide if it should be rebuilt at Vandières, Meurthe-et-Moselle, connected with the Metz–Nancy railway line (TER Grand Est). It was the subject of a local referendum in February 2015, in which the majority of votes (58%) were against moving the station to Vandières, but voter turnout was very low (10%). As a result, the project was abandoned.