no trains are running this weekend through the Béziers SNCF station due to work

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Be careful if you plan to travel: no trains will run in both directions Béziers SNCF stationfrom this Friday, November 1, 2024, 1 p.m. to Sunday, November 3 at 12 p.m., then from Saturday, November 9 at 11:50 p.m. until Monday, November 11 at 5:50 a.m., due to the installation of a 90 meter pedestrian bridge de long.

A spectacular project costing 11 M€ which takes place above the tracks, with the deployment of two immense cranes. The workers will lift and precisely position the two aprons of this 150 ton footbridge each. Then, these segments will be assembled, welded and stabilized during this long All Saints' weekend.

A technical challenge which forces the SNCF to completely suspend rail traffic.
“From this Friday 1 p.m. to Sunday 12 p.m., the circulation of TER (liO), TGV et Intercity at Béziers station will be completely interrupted, with the introduction of replacement coaches on certain routes, such as those of Sète-Narbonne and Béziers-Bédarieux. There will also be no freight traffic during these 48 hours.

Furthermore, the timetables will be modified from November 8 to 13 due to other works between Paris and Lyon, as well as between Narbonne and Toulouse, in particular for the removal of a level crossing near Carcassonne,” warns regional management. of the SNCF of Montpellier. Clearly, due to the vast construction site at Béziers station, traffic is interrupted in both directions from Agde, Sète and Narbonne stations.

This work within the station grounds of the Hérault sub-prefecture is being carried out as part of the future multimodal exchange hub -PEM-, the project of which is well advanced, thanks to this pedestrian bridge whose surroundings will be vegetation and which will overlook the railway tracks to allow users to move from south to north and reach the city center via the Pont-Neuf, on the banks of the Canal du Midi.

Objective: 3 million travelers

Béziers station is therefore changing: the Multimodal exchange hub which will be integrated into the renovation of the future TGV station will be operational at the end of 2025, according to forecasts. The work, in addition to the renovation of the facades, concerns the creation of spaces for people with reduced mobility (PRM), securing the premises with video surveillance, new sanitary facilities and the installation of new businesses, with a view to implantation of the LGV Montpellier-Béziers by 2035, with the objective of three million travelers.

Bus station

A space reserved for drop-off, others for parking bicycles, parking for carpooling, a new parking lot to the south and a new traffic plan, this is what this Béziers station will look like. The PEM will also house a bus station with 19 platforms to receive buses from the numerous lines which leave from the SNCF station. Total cost: 50M€, with the 11M€ of the footbridge included. The Béziers SNCF station is the fifth in Occitanie in terms of attendance.

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