🇫🇷 Thiers

Major

Francia

Thiers is a estación serving the historic town of Thiers in the Puy-de-Dôme department of the Auvergne region in central France, a town long renowned as the cutlery capital of France. TER servicios regionales connect Thiers along the Ambert línea running between Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert, providing acceso to the volcanic Livradois foothills este of the Auvergne capital. The lower estación is linked to the old cima town by a funicular ferrococheril, making the llegada experience distinctive among French regional estaciones.

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Datos rápidos

País	🇫🇷 Francia
Tipo	Major
Coordenadas	45,86105, 3,54318
Zona horaria	Europe/Paris
Conexiones	778
Código UIC	8773447

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Preguntas frecuentes

Thiers station is in the lower town (Thiers-Bas), while the dramatic old town perches on a cliff above the Durolle valley. Local buses climb to the upper town, or you can walk the steep streets in about 20 minutes.

TER Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes trains connect Thiers to Clermont-Ferrand in about 30 minutes and to Saint-Etienne in about 90 minutes. The station is on the Clermont-Lyon line.

Luggage storage at Thiers is limited. The station has basic facilities. The steep terrain between the station and the old town means travelling light is advisable.

Thiers' old town, perched dramatically on a cliff, has remarkable half-timbered medieval houses. The town has been France's cutlery capital since the Middle Ages, and the Cutlery Museum traces this 800-year tradition. The Durolle river gorge with its former knife-grinding workshops is scenic.

Thiers has produced knives and cutlery since the 14th century, using the fast-flowing Durolle river to power grinding wheels. Today it still produces about 70% of France's knives, from Laguiole pocket knives to professional kitchen blades. The Vallee des Rouets preserves the historic workshops.

Operadores

DB

National · Alemania

OBB

National · Austria

Renfe

National · España

SNCF

National · Francia

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