Gare Du Creusot TGV
The station is arranged with two side tracks with platforms for stopping trains, in addition to two centre tracks for non-stopping trains to pass at full speed.
Situation
By road, the station is 8 km from Le Creusot and 15 km from Montceau-les-Mines.
The next northbound station on LGV Sud-Est is Paris-Gare de Lyon (terminus); the next southbound station is the Gare de Mâcon-Loché TGV. TGV journey times from the station to Paris are 1 hour 20 minutes on average. Lyon is 40 minutes on average. Prior to the opening of the LGV Sud-Est, average times were 3 hours 40 minutes to Paris with a train change in Dijon or Nevers; Lyon was 1 hour 30 minutes away with a train change in Chagny or Chalon-sur-Saône.
55 km north of the station is the highest point on the line at 489 m above sealevel, near the town of Liernais. This is near the range dividing the Seine and Loire river valleys, not far from the Rhône river valley.