Gare d'Austerlitz

Gare d'Austerlitz (English: Austerlitz station), officially Paris Austerlitz, is one of the seven large Paris railway terminal stations. The station is located on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the 13th arrondissement. It is the start of the Paris–Bordeaux railway; the line to Toulouse is connected to this line. In 1997, the Ministry of Culture designated the Gare d'Austerlitz a historical monument; it became the fifth large railway station in Paris to receive such a label, as currently only Montparnasse has not been attributed it.

Paris Austerlitz
Paris-Austerlitz station
General information
Location85 Quai d'Austerlitz
Paris
France
Coordinates48°50′32″N 2°21′57″E
Line(s)Paris–Bordeaux railway
Tracks25
Connections
  • at Metro station
  • RATP Bus: 24 57 61 63 89 91 215
  • Noctilien: N02 N31 N133
Construction
AccessibleRER: No
ArchitectPierre-Louis Renaud
Other information
Station code87547000 / 87547026 (RER)
Fare zone1 (RER)
History
Opened20 September 1840 (1840-09-20)
Passengers
202219,515,861
Rank9th in France
Services
Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station
Étampes
towards Orléans
1.1 Terminus
Dourdan
towards Vendôme
2.10
Preceding station RER Following station
Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame
towards Pontoise, Versailles Château Rive Gauche or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
RER C Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
towards Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt or Saint-Martin-d'Étampes
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Terminus Train Classique Juvisy
towards Nantes
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus Intercités
Les Aubrais
towards Toulouse
Intercités (night)
Les Aubrais
towards Albi-Ville
Crest
towards Briançon
Les Aubrais
towards Hendaye
Les Aubrais
Marseille-Blancarde
towards Nice-Ville
Les Aubrais
towards Cerbère
Les Aubrais
towards Toulouse
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station
Saint-Marcel
towards Place d'Italie
Line 5
transfer at Gare d'Austerlitz
Quai de la Rapée
Jussieu Line 10
transfer at Gare d'Austerlitz
Terminus
Location
Paris-Austerlitz
Location within Paris

Since the opening of the LGV Atlantique  ending at Gare Montparnasse  Austerlitz has lost most of its long-distance southwestern services. It is used by some 30 million passengers annually, about half the number passing through Montparnasse. The Elipsos Train Hotels (Trenhotel) operated jointly by Renfe and SNCF operated from here to Madrid and Barcelona from 2001 to 2013. They would leave in the early evening and arrive next morning. With the start of a direct TGV from Paris to Barcelona, on 15 December 2013, the Trenhotel services were discontinued.

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