| Limoges-Bénédictins | |
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Limousin France |
| Coordinates | |
| Lines | Orléans–Montauban railway |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 16 June 1856 |
Limoges-Bénédictins is the main railway station of Limoges. It is situated on the Orléans–Montauban railway. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictin monastery closed during the French Revolution.
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The CF du PO opened the first railway line in the city in the 1850s. The first station, built of wood, opened on 16 June 1856. The first stone-built station opened in 1860.
On 21 November 1918, the Limoges city council and CF du PO signed an agreement regarding the construction of a new station. Work lasted from 1924 and 1929. The station was inaugurated on 2 July 1929.
The station was listed on 15 January 1975 and work to restore the Great Hall ended in 1979.
About 13:20 on 5 February 1998, a fire broke out under the station's dome. The city's population was deeply touched and the dome was rebuilt to its original design.
Bénédictins station was designed by architect Roger Gonthier. A particularity of the station is that it was built over the ten railway lines as opposed to next to them. A large 90 by 78 metre platform was built over the line to support the station building.
The building is made of a concrete bone structure, filled in with limestone. The dome which covers the passenger concourse is made of a metallic framework, covered in copper.
On the Southwest corner is a 60 metre tall clock tower composed of twelve levels. It is mounted by a dome itself mounted by a five metre tall vase. Below these are four four metre wide clocks.
The following services currently call at Limoges-Bénédictins:
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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La Souterraine
toward Lille-Europe
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TGV |
Terminus
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toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
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Intercités Arc Atl |
Saint-Sulpice-Laurière
toward Lyon-Perrache
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La Souterraine
toward Paris-Austerlitz
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Téoz | |||
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toward Paris-Austerlitz
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Lunéa |
toward Portbou
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| Lunéa |
toward Latour-de-Carol
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| Lunéa |
toward Luchon
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| Terminus | TER Limousin 1 |
Les Bardys
toward Orléans
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Nieul
toward Poitiers
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TER Limousin 2 | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | TER Limousin 3 |
Limoges-Montjovis
toward Angoulême
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| TER Limousin 4 |
toward Périgueux
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| TER Limousin 5 |
toward Brive-la-Gaillarde
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| TER Limousin 6 |
toward Brive-la-Gaillarde
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| TER Limousin 8 |
Le Palais
toward Clermont-Ferrand
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| TER Limousin 10 |
Les Bardys
toward Montluçon
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