Gare de Divonne-les-Bains

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La gare de Divonne-les-Bains est une gare fermée située sur le territoire de la commune de Divonne-les-Bains, dans le département de l'Ain, en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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Divonne-les-Bains

Divonne-les-Bains, or simply Divonne, is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Divonne-les-Bains is a spa town situated on the border with French-speaking Switzerland, between the foot of the Jura Mountains and Lake Geneva. It is situated in the Pays de Gex, about 8 km from Gex to the southwest, from which the area takes its name. Divonne-les-Bains is about 20 km from Geneva to the south and 10 km from Nyon to the northeast. Since 2012, Divonne-les-Bains has formed part of a wider agglomeration known as the Grand Genève. A short way above the town are several springs, which were exploited in the 19th century to provide spa facilities for which Divonne-les-Bains became renowned. The golf course was built in the 1930s. Many of its present-day amenities were built after 1945. The Casino de Divonne was opened in 1954. A cultural centre by the lake was completed in 2005. Divonne-les-Bains used to host a small chamber music festival every summer, centred on its tiny theatre and the Domaine de Divonne. The Château of Divonne, now a luxury hotel, suffered a serious fire in January 2017; it is currently being rebuilt. There is a lively market on Sundays and a succession of cultural and sporting events throughout the year. Every year, the town hosts a folk festival in the beginning of July at the hippodrome called Les Vaches Folks.

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Lac de Divonne

Lac de Divonne is an artificial lake at Divonne-les-Bains, France. The lake has a surface area of approx. 40 ha.

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Chavannes-de-Bogis

Chavannes-de-Bogis is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Bogis-Bossey

Bogis-Bossey is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Crassier

Crassier is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Concernant le trafic voyageurs, depuis le 3 novembre 1905, la gare assure des correspondances entre les passagers en provenance de la Suisse par la ligne de la compagnie du chemin de fer Nyon-Crassier (NC) et ceux de la ligne de la compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM). Cette situation s'arrête le 30 septembre 1962 lorsque la ligne du NC est déferrée entre Crassier et Eysins. Le tronçon de la gare jusqu'à celle de Crassier sera, quant à lui, déferré le 1er juin 1980. En 2019, après deux ans de travaux, l'ancienne gare est rétablie en "Maison du quartier de la Gare" et abrite depuis des expositions temporaires.

Situation ferroviaire

Établie à 477,7 m d'altitude, la gare de Divonne-les-Bains est située au point kilométrique (PK) 180,440 de la ligne de Collonges - Fort-l'Écluse à Divonne-les-Bains (frontière) et au PK 9,145 de la ligne Nyon – Crassier – Divonne. Elle est la station terminale de ces deux lignes.

Bibliographie

Marc Dietschy, Le Paradis perdu : Le démantèlement du trafic régional ferroviaire à voie normale en Suisse, Genève, Slatkine, 2011, 216 p. (ISBN 978-2-8321-0439-2), chap. 11 (« Nyon-Crassier-la Rippe-Frontière (Divonne) »).