Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch
Saint-Roch is the main railway station in Montpellier, France. The station was formerly known as Gare de Montpellier, but since March 2005 it bears the name of Saint Roch, a native of the city, who was born in the 14th century. Saint-Roch is one of the principal transport hubs of Languedoc-Roussillon, situated between the stations of Nîmes and Sète.
The station building comprises a listed front face and a passenger building laid out on three levels. What was the bus station above the tracks is now a short stay carpark. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the station is in the middle of an urban regeneration project involving old railway property called the Nouveau Saint-Roch.
Until December 2013 there was a EuroCity service between Montpellier, Barcelona and Cartagena in Spain. This service was cut when high speed services were extended to Barcelona and Madrid.[1]
Destinations
Due to its position in the south of France and on the lines from Paris, Italy and Spain, many international trains stop in Montpellier. The following connections are offered:
From Montpellier train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Perpignan, Lille, Dijon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Besançon, Grenoble and a number of destinations in the Alps.
International services operate to Spain: Barcelona and Madrid, Switzerland: Geneva.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Valence - Nîmes - Montpellier (- Béziers)
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Narbonne - Perpignan
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Valence - Nîmes - Montpellier - Perpignan - Barcelona
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Perpignan - Barcelona
- High speed services (AVE) Marseille - Nîmes - Montpellier - Perpignan - Barcelona - Madrid
- High speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Nîmes - Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lille - Paris-CDG Airport - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Perpignan
- High speed services (TGV) Lille - Paris-CDG Airport - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Toulouse
- High speed services (TGV) Dijon - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Toulouse - Bordeaux
- Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille - Nice
- Night services (Lunéa) Strasbourg/Luxembourg - Nîmes - Narbonne - Portbou
- Regional services (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Narbonne - Béziers - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
- Regional services (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
- Regional services (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Arles - Marseille
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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toward Paris-Lyon | TGV | toward Béziers |
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| TGV | toward Barcelona Sants |
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toward Lyon-Part-Dieu | TGV | |||
toward Marseille-St-Charles | TGV | toward Madrid Atocha |
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toward Paris-Lyon | TGV | toward Perpignan |
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toward Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy | TGV | Terminus | ||
toward Dijon-Ville | TGV | toward Bordeaux |
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toward Genève-Cornavin | TGV | Terminus | ||
toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean | Intercités | toward Marseille or Nice |
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| Intercités night trains | toward Portbou |
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Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone toward Narbonne | TER Languedoc-Roussillon 1 | Les Mazes-le-Crès toward Avignon-Centre |
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Frontignan toward Perpignan | TER Languedoc-Roussillon 2 | Lunel toward Avignon-Centre |
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Frontignan toward Narbonne | TER Languedoc-Roussillon 3 | Lunel toward Marseille-St-Charles |
See also
References
- ↑ "15 December 2013 timetbale change highlights" (217). Today's Railways Europe. January 2014. p. 8.
- Timetables TER Languedoc-Roussillon (French)
External links
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- Montpellier Saint-Roch (official site) (French)
Coordinates: 43°36′16.69″N 3°52′51.74″E / 43.6046361°N 3.8810389°E