Gare Montparnasse

Gare Montparnasse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ mɔ̃paʁnas]; Montparnasse station), officially Paris Montparnasse, one of the seven large Paris railway termini, is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements.

Paris Montparnasse
Main station concourse
General information
LocationPlace Raoul-Dautry
Paris
France
Coordinates48°50′24″N 2°19′07″E
Elevation63 m (207 ft)
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)
Tracks28
Connections
  • at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
  • RATP Bus: 28 39 58 88 91 92 94 95 96
  • Noctilien: N01 N02 N12 N13 N61 N62 N63 N66 N145
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels2
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesParking station
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code87391003
Fare zone1 (Public transport fares in the Île-de-France)
History
Opened10 September 1840 (1840-09-10)
Passengers
202256,862,435
Rank4th in France
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus TGV
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
towards Tours
Massy TGV
towards Bordeaux
Rennes
towards Brest
Le Mans
towards Rennes
Rennes
Terminus
Massy TGV
towards Toulouse
Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV
towards Poitiers
Angers Saint-Laud
towards Nantes
Le Mans
towards Nantes
Niort
towards La Rochelle
Le Mans
towards Saint-Malo
Rennes
towards Quimper
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Terminus Grande Vitesse Massy TGV
towards Rennes
Massy TGV
towards Nantes
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
towards Bordeaux
Bordeaux
towards Toulouse
Preceding station Transilien Following station
Terminus Line N Vanves–Malakoff
towards Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie or Rambouillet
Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station
Versailles-Chantiers
towards Le Mans
3.2 Terminus
Preceding station TER Normandie Following station
Terminus Krono
Versailles-Chantiers
towards Granville
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station
Vavin Line 4
transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
Saint-Placide
towards Porte de Clignancourt
Pasteur Line 6
transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
Edgar Quinet
towards Nation
Falguière
towards Mairie d'Issy
Line 12
transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
Notre-Dame-des-Champs
towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers
Gaîté Line 13
transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe
Duroc
towards Les Courtilles or Saint-Denis–Université

The station opened in 1840, was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to a new station just south of the original location – where subsequently the prominent Montparnasse Tower was constructed. It is a central element to the Montparnasse area. The original station is noted for the Montparnasse derailment, where a steam train crashed through the station in 1895, an event captured in widely known photographs – and reproduced in full scale in several locations.

The station serves intercity TGV trains to the west and southwest of France including Tours, Bordeaux, Rennes and Nantes, and suburban and regional services on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse routes. There is also a metro station. Gare Montparnasse is the only mainline terminus in Paris not directly connected to the RER system, though the Montparnasse main line is connected to the RER at Versailles-Chantiers and the LGV Atlantique at Massy Palaiseau.

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