Gare de Luzenac-Garanou
Encyclopedia
Luzenac-Garanou is a railway station in Luzenac
, Midi-Pyrénées
, France
. The station is located on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway
. The station is served by TER (local) and Lunéa
(night trains) services operated by the SNCF
.
The station is also the location of a small freight yard for the Rio Tinto
minerals Luzenac Group
facility, where talc
is extracted.
, Les Cabannes (Town Centre)
, Ussat-les-Bains
, Tarascon-sur-Ariège
, Mercus-Garrabet
, Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat
, Montgaillard
, Foix
, Saint-Jean-de-Verges
, Varilhes
and Pamiers
.
Luzenac
Luzenac is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:...
, Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées is the largest region of metropolitan France by area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark.Midi-Pyrénées has no historical or geographical unity...
, 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...
. The station is located on the Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway
Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway
The Portet-Saint-Simon - Puigcerdà railway is a secondary railway line in southwestern France. It connects Portet-sur-Garonne, 11 km south of Toulouse on the Toulouse–Bayonne railway, to Latour-de-Carol and Puigcerdà, towns located on each side of the French/Spanish border in Cerdanya...
. The station is served by TER (local) and Lunéa
Lunéa
Lunéa is a brand name used by France’s national railway company, SNCF, to denote nightly passenger rail services in France.-Network:The Lunéa network consists of the following lines:...
(night trains) services operated by the SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
.
The station is also the location of a small freight yard for the Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto Group
The Rio Tinto Group is a diversified, British-Australian, multinational mining and resources group with headquarters in London and Melbourne. The company was founded in 1873, when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto river, in Huelva, Spain from the...
minerals Luzenac Group
Luzenac Group
The Luzenac Group is a talc mining company headquartered in Toulouse, France. The company is the world's largest producer of talc, with mines and processing plants located in Europe, North America, Australia, and East Asia. The Luzenac Group has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rio Tinto...
facility, where talc
Talc
Talc is a mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg34 or Mg3Si4O102. In loose form, it is the widely-used substance known as talcum powder. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, its crystals being so rare as to be almost unknown...
is extracted.
Train services
The following services currently call at Luzenac-Garanou:- night service (Lunéa) Paris - Limoges - Pamiers - Latour-de-Carol
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Foix - Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
Bus services
Bus services depart from Luzenac-Garanou towards Ax-les-ThermesAx-les-Thermes
Ax-les-Thermes is a commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwestern France.It lies at the confluence of the Ariège River with three tributaries, 26 miles SSE of Foix by rail...
, Les Cabannes (Town Centre)
Les Cabannes, Ariège
Les Cabannes is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Ussat-les-Bains
Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains
Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants are called Ornolacois.-References:*...
, Tarascon-sur-Ariège
Tarascon-sur-Ariège
Tarascon-sur-Ariège is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Tarascon-sur-Ariège are called Tarasconnais.-External links:*...
, Mercus-Garrabet
Mercus-Garrabet
Mercus-Garrabet is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat
Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat are called Saint-Paulois.-References:*...
, Montgaillard
Montgaillard, Ariège
Montgaillard is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:...
, Foix
Foix
Foix is a commune, the capital of the Ariège department in southwestern France. It is the least populous administrative centre of a department in all of France, although it is only very slightly smaller than Privas...
, Saint-Jean-de-Verges
Saint-Jean-de-Verges
Saint-Jean-de-Verges is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Saint-Jean-de-Verges are called Saint-Jeantains.-References:*...
, Varilhes
Varilhes
Varilhes is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Varilhes are called Varilhois.-References:*...
and Pamiers
Pamiers
Pamiers is a commune in the Ariège department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Although Pamiers is the largest city in Ariège, the capital is the smaller town of Foix...
.