Paris Austerlitz railway station

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Entrance of Gare d'Austerlitz.

The tracks to Gare d'Austerlitz (seen here with a suburban train) run south of the Bibliothèque nationale de France`.

The Gare d'Austerlitz (Austerlitz Station) is one of the six large terminus railway station in Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the XIIIe arrondissement. It is the origin for the Paris-Bordeaux and Paris-Toulouse main lines, but since the introduction of the TGV Atlantique — served by the Gare Montparnasse — Austerlitz has lost most of its long-distance southwestern services. It is used by some 25 million passengers annually, about half the number passing through Montparnasse.

The Elipsos Train Hotels (Trenhotel) operated jointly between RENFE and SNCF operate from here to Madrid & Barcelona. They generally leave around 7pm local time and travel overnight arriving the next morning at their destinations.

The station takes its name from the Czech town Slavkov u Brna (German: Austerlitz). Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the superior numbers of the Third Coalition on December 2, 1805 there in the Battle of Austerlitz.

[edit] History

Gare d'Austerlitz was built in 1840 in order to serve first the Paris-Corbeil then the Paris-Orleans line. The station was originally called Gare d'Orleans. An 1865-1868 extension was designed by architect Pierre-Louis Renaud.

[edit] Future

A large project of rehabilitation of the Gare d'Austerlitz is on-going. Four new tracks are in construction and all the existent tracks are being covered. The interior will be rebuilt in order to receive the TGV Sud-Est and TGV Atlantique, partially transferred from the Gare de Lyon and Gare Montparnasse, both saturated. All the workings are planned to be fully realized in 2020, involving a doubling of the station's activity.

[edit] Nearby station

• Gare de Lyon: on the opposite bank of the river Seine

[edit] Other lines serving this station

Gare d'Austerlitz also hosts stations on the Paris Métro and RER.

• Line 5
• Line 10
• RER C

[edit] See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro
• Paris Montparnasse railway station
• Paris Saint Lazare railway station
• Gare de l'Est
• Gare de Lyon
• Gare du Nord

[edit] External links

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Coordinates: 48°50′32″N, 2°21′57″E

v • d • e Parisian Rail Stations Terminuses Paris Saint Lazare • Paris Nord • Paris Est • Paris Lyon • Paris Bercy • Paris Austerlitz • Paris Montparnasse SNCF Stations Pont Cardinet RER Stations Line A Charles de Gaulle - Étoile • Auber • Châtelet - Les Halles • Gare de Lyon • Nation Line B Gare du Nord • Châtelet - Les Halles • St-Michel - Notre-Dame • Luxembourg • Port-Royal • Denfert-Rochereau • Cité Universitaire Line C Porte de Clichy • Pereire - Levallois • Neuilly - Porte Maillot • Avenue Foch • Avenue Henri Martin • Boulainvilliers • Avenue du Pdt Kennedy • Boulevard Victor - Pont du Garigliano • Javel • Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel • Pont de l'Alma • Invalides • Musée d'Orsay • St-Michel - Notre-Dame • Gare d'Austerlitz • Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Line D Gare du Nord • Châtelet-Les Halles • Gare de Lyon Line E Haussmann-Saint Lazare • Magenta See also: List of stations of the Paris Métro, Tramways in Paris & Transport in Paris. There is also an external interactive map.

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