An envelope of 8 million euros from the Occitanie region to modernize the Agde SNCF station

Les quais vont être élargis et une passerelle construite pour les desservir. MIDI LIBRE – OLIVIER RAYNAUD

Les travaux doivent démarrer courant 2025, en parallèle de la création du Pôle d’échange multimodal.

While the removal of the level crossing on the Bessan road was a big deal for residents of the so-called end of the bridge district to digest, they are not yet finished with the long-term work.

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Multimodal interchange hub, footbridge over the tracks…

Still at the northern entrance to the city, the digging of a river port on the Canal du Midi and especially the development of the Mediterranean area are medium-term objectives for the community. Closer to home, a project is looming that we have been hearing about for several years now, that of the creation of a multimodal interchange hub at the Agde SNCF train station. A “PEM” for those in the know, a place of exchange, as its name suggests, where different modes of transport will connect: rail of course, river in the future, buses, bicycles and pedestrians, with specially designed lanes, in particular on Avenue Victor-Hugo which will be closed to motorists, Rue de la Digue becoming two-way traffic. Developments that should be spread over two years – 2025 and 2026 – and which will be carried out in parallel with a necessary modernization of the SNCF station.

The station, a hell for people with reduced mobility

It is for this reason that the Region, as part of a plan to make the Occitanie rail network accessible, has just allocated an envelope of 8 million euros to adapt the infrastructure of the Agde station. Work carried out “by SNCF Gares & Connexions from September 2025 to July 2026”, specify the services of the community, which communicate on the nature of this worksite. “The platforms will be widened and a footbridge will be built to serve them, with elevators and stairs. The lighting, sound system and information screens will be brought up to standard. The program also includes replacing furniture, installing specific strips on the ground to alert visually impaired people of potential dangers, installing new signage and fencing to improve passenger safety.”

Agde station, which welcomes 800,000 passengers per year with a forecast, according to the SNCF, of 1.2 million by 2030, will therefore take “a step further in taking into account people with disabilities, parents with strollers, and the elderly.” Some good news, finally.

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