Vayrac station (French: Gare de Vayrac) is a French closed train station on the ligne de Souillac à Viescamp-sous-Jallès, close to town in the Commune of Vayrac, in the departement of Lot, in the region of Occitanie.
It was in service from 1891, for the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO).
It took passengers from SNCF, served until 2017 by trains of the TER Occitanie network.
Railway
Built at above sea level, the Gare de Vayrac is located at kilometric point (PK) 641,483 of the ligne de Souillac à Viescamp-sous-Jallès, between the open station of Saint-Denis-près-Martel and the closed station at Bétaille.Site rff.fr Carte : Le réseau ferré en Midi-Pyrénées (accessed 16 April 2014).
History
The Gare de Vayrac was opened on 11 May 1891site ladepeche.fr Biars-sur-Cère. L'épopée de la ligne des gorges de la Cère, published in La Dépêche du Midi, 28 May 2011 (accessed 16 April 2014). by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO), used as a stop between the Saint-Denis-près-Martel and Viescamp-sous-Jallès.Site patrimoines.midipyrenees.fr : ancienne voie ferrée de Souillac à Viescamp-sous-Jallès, actuellement ligne Brive-Aurillac (accessed 16 April 2014).
The station has a passenger building, with a central body with three openings, with a floor under a roof with two sides, framed by two small wings to an opening on the ground floor under a roof with two sides.
In 1896, the Compagnie du PO indicated that receipts for the station for the year totalled 134,184 francs.
Having once been used as a stop by the SNCF, the passenger building is now closed.Site Massif Central ferroviaire : Gare Vayrac (accessed 16 April 2014).
Since July 2017, no trains have stopped at the station.
Railway history
The former passenger buildings are still present at the site.
Notes and references
See also
Linked articles List of SNCF stations in Occitanie Ligne de Souillac à Viescamp-sous-Jallès