Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean

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Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.

Bordeaux-Etat or Bordeaux-Midi was a mainline and main railway station in the French city of Bordeaux.

The station was on the line of the CF du Midi. The current station building opened in 1898. As well as Midi trains, the station accepted trains from the PO and Etat. The station was built by M Toudoire and S Choron.

The station building, situated in Bordeaux city centre at the end of the Cours de la Marne, appears from the front as three parts. The middle part is home to the station buffet and separates the arrivals and departures halls. All three parts are parallel to the platforms. The station buildings hide a large rooftop, built by Gustave Eiffel, which is 56 m wide and covers 17,000 m².

Since the arrival of the TGV the station has been renovated and upgraded with modern equipment, but has kept its original features.

The great hall has a large map of the network of the Midi on one of the walls and reminds passengers of the origins of the station.

The station is the main railway interchange in Aquitaine and links Bordeaux to Paris, Sète, Toulouse Matabiau and Spain.

A large metal viaduct, also built by Eiffel, carries the railway over the River Garonne. The two-track bridge is currently a bottleneck and is to be converted into a shopping centre, with a new four-track viaduct built next to it.