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Gare Montparnasse

January 01, 1970

Gare Montparnasse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ mɔ̃paʁnas]; Montparnasse station), officially Paris Montparnasse, one of the seven large Paris railway termini, is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements.

Paris Montparnasse
Main station concourse
General information
LocationPlace Raoul-Dautry
Paris
France
Coordinates48°50′24″N 2°19′07″E / 48.84000°N 2.31861°E / 48.84000; 2.31861
Elevation63 m (207 ft)
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)
Tracks28
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels2
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesParking station
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
Station code87391003
Fare zone1 (Public transport fares in the Île-de-France)
History
Opened10 September 1840 (1840-09-10)
Passengers
202256,862,435[2]
Rank4th in France
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus TGV
 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
towards Tours
Massy TGV
towards Bordeaux
Rennes
towards Brest
Le Mans
towards Rennes
Rennes
Terminus
Massy TGV
towards Toulouse
Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV
towards Poitiers
Angers Saint-Laud
towards Nantes
Le Mans
towards Nantes
Niort
towards La Rochelle
Le Mans
towards Saint-Malo
Rennes
towards Quimper
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Terminus Grande Vitesse Massy TGV
towards Rennes
Massy TGV
towards Nantes
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
towards Bordeaux
Bordeaux
towards Toulouse
Preceding station Transilien Following station
Terminus Line N Vanves–Malakoff
towards Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie or Rambouillet
Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station
Versailles-Chantiers
towards Le Mans
 3.2 Terminus
Preceding station TER Normandie Following station
Terminus Krono
 Versailles-Chantiers
towards Granville

The station opened in 1840, was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to a new station just south of the original location – where subsequently the prominent Montparnasse Tower was constructed. It is a central element to the Montparnasse area. The original station is noted for the Montparnasse derailment, where a steam train crashed through the station in 1895, an event captured in widely known photographs – and reproduced in full scale in several locations.[3]

The station serves intercity TGV trains to the west and southwest of France including Tours, Bordeaux, Rennes and Nantes, and suburban and regional services on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse routes. There is also a metro station. Gare Montparnasse is the only mainline terminus in Paris not directly connected to the RER system, though the Montparnasse main line is connected to the RER at Versailles-Chantiers and the LGV Atlantique at Massy Palaiseau.

History edit

The station opened in 1840 as Gare de l'Ouest,[4] later being renamed. A second station was built between 1848 and 1852.

On 25 August 1944, the German military governor of Paris, General von Choltitz, surrendered his garrison to the French General Philippe Leclerc at the old station. (see Liberation of Paris).

During the 1960s, a newer station integrated into a complex of office buildings was built further down the track.[5][6] In 1969, the old station was demolished and the Tour Montparnasse built on its site. An extension was built in 1990 to host the TGV Atlantique.

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    Concourse of the station
  •  
    Platform of the station

1895 derailment edit

 
Granville–Paris Express wreck on 22 October 1895.
Main article: Montparnasse derailment

The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895, of the Granville–Paris Express, which overran the buffer stop. The engine careered across almost 30 metres (100 ft) of the station concourse, crashed through a 60-centimetre (2 ft) thick wall, shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 10 metres (33 ft) below, where it stood on its nose. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. The only fatality was a woman on the street below, Marie-Augustine Aguilard, who was temporarily taking over her husband's work duty while he went out to get the newspapers. She was killed by falling masonry.[7] The railway company later paid for her funeral and provided a pension to look after her two children. The accident was caused by a faulty Westinghouse brake and the engine driver, who was trying to make up lost time.[8] A conductor was given a 25-franc fine and the engine driver a 50-franc fine.

Replicas of the train crash are recreated outside the Mundo a Vapor ("Steam World") museum chain buildings in Brazil, in the southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, in the city of Canela.[9]

Train services edit

From Paris Montparnasse train services depart to major French cities such as: Le Mans, Rennes, Saint-Brieuc, Brest, Saint-Malo, Vannes, Lorient, Quimper, Angers, Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Tours, Poitiers, La Rochelle, Angoulême, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Bayonne and Granville. The station is also served by suburban trains heading to the west and south-west of Paris.

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Bordeaux – Dax – Lourdes – Tarbes
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Bordeaux – Dax – Bayonne – Biarritz – Hendaye
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Bordeaux – Agen – Toulouse
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Bordeaux – Arcachon
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Tours – Poitiers – Angoulême – Bordeaux
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Poitiers – La Rochelle
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Tours
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Le Mans – Rennes – St Brieuc – Brest
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Le Mans – Vannes – Lorient – Quimper
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Rennes – St Malo
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Le Mans – Rennes
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Nantes – St-Nazaire – Le Croisic
  • High speed services (TGV) Paris – Le Mans – Angers – Nantes
  • Discount High Speed Services (Ouigo TGV) Paris (Vaugirard.Montparnesse Hall 3) - Poitiers - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps- Angoulême - Bordeaux
  • Discount High Speed Services (Ouigo TGV) Paris (Vaugirard.Montparnesse Hall 3) - Le Mans - Laval - Rennes
  • Regional Services (TER Normandie) Paris (Vaugirard.Montparnesse Hall 3) to Granville with numerous stops
  • Regional services (TER Centre) Paris – Versailles – Rambouillet – Chartres – Le Mans
  • Regional services (Transilien) Paris – Versailles – St-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Rambouillet
  • Regional services (Transilien) Paris – Versailles – Plaisir – Dreux
  • Regional services (Transilien) Paris – Versailles – Plaisir – Mantes-la-Jolie
  • Regional services (Transilien) Paris – Versailles – Plaisir
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    Map
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    Aerial view

Lines serving this station edit

Adjacent metro station:

Nearby station:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant" [Map for travelers in wheelchairs] (PDF). Île-de-France Mobilités (in French and British English). 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Fréquentation en gares" [Attendance at stations]. SNCF (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ Train Wreck Replica, retrieved 4 March 2009
  4. ^ Musee Orsay, retrieved 9 July 2009
  5. ^ Rebuilding a Paris Terminus Modern Railways issue 213 June 1966 pages 320-322
  6. ^ Paris Montparnasse rebuilt Modern Railways issue 250 July 1969 page 375
  7. ^ Danger Ahead, retrieved 4 March 2009
  8. ^ Let's pause for a station break on Failure Magazine
  9. ^ The Trainwreck Industry 9 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 4 March 2009

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Paris-Montparnasse.
  • Gare Montparnasse at Transilien, the official website of SNCF (in French)
  • Gare Montparnasse at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
  • Gare Montparnasse – current photographs and of the years 1900.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps
  • Mundo a Vapor Museum The Brazilian museum which contains the 1895 derailment accident replica.

January 01, 1970
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Gare Montparnasse French pronunciation ɡaʁ mɔ paʁnas Montparnasse station officially Paris Montparnasse one of the seven large Paris railway termini is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements Paris MontparnasseMain station concourseGeneral informationLocationPlace Raoul DautryParisFranceCoordinates48 50 24 N 2 19 07 E 48 84000 N 2 31861 E 48 84000 2 31861Elevation63 m 207 ft Operated bySNCFLine s LGV AtlantiqueParis Brest railwayParis Granville railwayTracks28Connections at Montparnasse Bienvenue RATP Bus 28 39 58 88 91 92 94 95 96 Noctilien N01 N02 N12 N13 N61 N62 N63 N66 N145ConstructionStructure typeAt gradePlatform levels2ParkingYesBicycle facilitiesParking stationAccessibleYes 1 Other informationStation code87391003Fare zone1 Public transport fares in the Ile de France HistoryOpened10 September 1840 1840 09 10 Passengers202256 862 435 2 Rank4th in FranceServicesPreceding station SNCF Following station Terminus TGV Saint Pierre des Corpstowards Tours Massy TGVtowards Bordeaux Rennestowards Brest Le Manstowards Rennes RennesTerminus Massy TGVtowards Toulouse Vendome Villiers sur Loir TGVtowards Poitiers Angers Saint Laudtowards Nantes Le Manstowards Nantes Niorttowards La Rochelle Le Manstowards Saint Malo Rennestowards Quimper Preceding station Ouigo Following station Terminus Grande Vitesse Massy TGVtowards Rennes Massy TGVtowards Nantes Saint Pierre des Corpstowards Bordeaux Bordeauxtowards Toulouse Preceding station Transilien Following station Terminus Line N Vanves Malakofftowards Dreux Mantes la Jolie or Rambouillet Preceding station Le Reseau Remi Following station Versailles Chantierstowards Le Mans 3 2 Terminus Preceding station TER Normandie Following station Terminus Krono Versailles Chantierstowards GranvilleConnections to other stationsPreceding station Paris Metro Following station Vavintowards Bagneux Lucie Aubrac Line 4transfer at Montparnasse Bienvenue Saint Placidetowards Porte de Clignancourt Pasteurtowards Charles de Gaulle Etoile Line 6transfer at Montparnasse Bienvenue Edgar Quinettowards Nation Falguieretowards Mairie d Issy Line 12transfer at Montparnasse Bienvenue Notre Dame des Champstowards Mairie d Aubervilliers Gaitetowards Chatillon Montrouge Line 13transfer at Montparnasse Bienvenue Duroctowards Les Courtilles or Saint Denis Universite The station opened in 1840 was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to a new station just south of the original location where subsequently the prominent Montparnasse Tower was constructed It is a central element to the Montparnasse area The original station is noted for the Montparnasse derailment where a steam train crashed through the station in 1895 an event captured in widely known photographs and reproduced in full scale in several locations 3 The station serves intercity TGV trains to the west and southwest of France including Tours Bordeaux Rennes and Nantes and suburban and regional services on the Transilien Paris Montparnasse routes There is also a metro station Gare Montparnasse is the only mainline terminus in Paris not directly connected to the RER system though the Montparnasse main line is connected to the RER at Versailles Chantiers and the LGV Atlantique at Massy Palaiseau Contents 1 History 2 1895 derailment 3 Train services 4 Lines serving this station 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe station opened in 1840 as Gare de l Ouest 4 later being renamed A second station was built between 1848 and 1852 On 25 August 1944 the German military governor of Paris General von Choltitz surrendered his garrison to the French General Philippe Leclerc at the old station see Liberation of Paris During the 1960s a newer station integrated into a complex of office buildings was built further down the track 5 6 In 1969 the old station was demolished and the Tour Montparnasse built on its site An extension was built in 1990 to host the TGV Atlantique nbsp Concourse of the station nbsp Platform of the station1895 derailment edit nbsp Granville Paris Express wreck on 22 October 1895 Main article Montparnasse derailment The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville Paris Express which overran the buffer stop The engine careered across almost 30 metres 100 ft of the station concourse crashed through a 60 centimetre 2 ft thick wall shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 10 metres 33 ft below where it stood on its nose Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries along with the fireman and two conductors The only fatality was a woman on the street below Marie Augustine Aguilard who was temporarily taking over her husband s work duty while he went out to get the newspapers She was killed by falling masonry 7 The railway company later paid for her funeral and provided a pension to look after her two children The accident was caused by a faulty Westinghouse brake and the engine driver who was trying to make up lost time 8 A conductor was given a 25 franc fine and the engine driver a 50 franc fine Replicas of the train crash are recreated outside the Mundo a Vapor Steam World museum chain buildings in Brazil in the southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul in the city of Canela 9 Train services editFrom Paris Montparnasse train services depart to major French cities such as Le Mans Rennes Saint Brieuc Brest Saint Malo Vannes Lorient Quimper Angers Nantes Saint Nazaire Tours Poitiers La Rochelle Angouleme Bordeaux Toulouse Bayonne and Granville The station is also served by suburban trains heading to the west and south west of Paris High speed services TGV Paris Bordeaux Dax Lourdes Tarbes High speed services TGV Paris Bordeaux Dax Bayonne Biarritz Hendaye High speed services TGV Paris Bordeaux Agen Toulouse High speed services TGV Paris Bordeaux Arcachon High speed services TGV Paris Tours Poitiers Angouleme Bordeaux High speed services TGV Paris Poitiers La Rochelle High speed services TGV Paris Tours High speed services TGV Paris Le Mans Rennes St Brieuc Brest High speed services TGV Paris Le Mans Vannes Lorient Quimper High speed services TGV Paris Rennes St Malo High speed services TGV Paris Le Mans Rennes High speed services TGV Paris Nantes St Nazaire Le Croisic High speed services TGV Paris Le Mans Angers Nantes Discount High Speed Services Ouigo TGV Paris Vaugirard Montparnesse Hall 3 Poitiers Saint Pierre des Corps Angouleme Bordeaux Discount High Speed Services Ouigo TGV Paris Vaugirard Montparnesse Hall 3 Le Mans Laval Rennes Regional Services TER Normandie Paris Vaugirard Montparnesse Hall 3 to Granville with numerous stops Regional services TER Centre Paris Versailles Rambouillet Chartres Le Mans Regional services Transilien Paris Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines Rambouillet Regional services Transilien Paris Versailles Plaisir Dreux Regional services Transilien Paris Versailles Plaisir Mantes la Jolie Regional services Transilien Paris Versailles Plaisir nbsp Map nbsp Aerial viewLines serving this station editAdjacent metro station Montparnasse Bienvenue Nearby station PasteurSee also edit nbsp France portal List of Paris railway stations Transportation in France List of stations of the Paris RER List of stations of the Paris Metro Gare d Austerlitz Gare de l Est Gare de Lyon Gare du Nord Gare Saint Lazare Georges Melies who worked at the station later in his life References edit Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant Map for travelers in wheelchairs PDF Ile de France Mobilites in French and British English 2023 Retrieved 27 December 2023 Frequentation en gares Attendance at stations SNCF in French Retrieved 11 January 2024 Train Wreck Replica retrieved 4 March 2009 Musee Orsay retrieved 9 July 2009 Rebuilding a Paris Terminus Modern Railways issue 213 June 1966 pages 320 322 Paris Montparnasse rebuilt Modern Railways issue 250 July 1969 page 375 Danger Ahead retrieved 4 March 2009 Let s pause for a station break on Failure Magazine The Trainwreck Industry Archived 9 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 4 March 2009External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Paris Montparnasse Gare Montparnasse at Transilien the official website of SNCF in French Gare Montparnasse at Gares amp Connexions the official website of SNCF in French Gare Montparnasse current photographs and of the years 1900 Satellite image from Google Maps Mundo a Vapor Museum The Brazilian museum which contains the 1895 derailment accident replica Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gare Montparnasse amp oldid 1225473321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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