Gare de Carcassonne

Carcassonne

Gare de Carcassonne
Location 1 Avenue Maréchal Joffre
11000 Carcassonne  France
Coordinates 43°13′05″N 2°21′07″E / 43.218182°N 2.351826°E / 43.218182; 2.351826
Owned by RFF / SNCF
Line(s) Bordeaux–Sète railway
Carcassonne - Rivesaltes
History
Opened 22 April 1857
Services

TGV, Intercités and TER Languedoc-Roussillon

Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, located on the Bordeaux - Sète and Carcassonne - Rivesaltes railway lines. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by SNCF.

History

The station built in 1857 by the Railway Company du Midi is located to the north of the ville basse near the Canal du Midi and extended when the Compagnie du Midi[1] opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876,[2] which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.[2]

Architecture

The main building is in the classical style and flanked by two wings and a clock. The station hall is decorated with a fresco (8m x 3m) installed in 1995 the painter Jean Camberoque representing the land of the Aude. The Station Buffet features a mural painted in 1996 representing the actor Philippe Noiret waiting for the train on the station platform.

Train Services

The following services currently call at Carcassonne:

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Terminus
TGV
toward Lille Europe
Terminus
TGV
toward Bordeaux
TGV
toward Dijon-Ville
Intercités
toward Cerbère
Intercités
Intercités
night trains
Lézignan-Corbières
toward Portbou
toward Toulouse
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 4
Lézignan-Corbières
toward Narbonne
TerminusTER Languedoc-Roussillon 11
toward Quillan
toward Toulouse
TER Midi-Pyrénées 20Terminus
Preceding station   Renfe Operadora   Following station
Terminus
AVE

References

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  1. France, Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Imprimerie nationale, 1864, pp408 archive (15 January 2012).
  2. 1 2 Guillaume Pourageaux, article Rail Passion no 97, 2005, pp76

Coordinates: 43°13′5″N 2°21′7″E / 43.21806°N 2.35194°E / 43.21806; 2.35194


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