Nantes station


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Nantes station (French: Gare de Nantes) is the principal passenger railway station serving the French city of Nantes. It is a through station aligned east–west, with entrances and station facilities on both north and south sides. The two entrances are often described as Gare Nord and Gare Sud, as if they were separate stations, but they are in fact linked to each other and to all the platforms by a pedestrian subway. In 2020, after 3 years of work, a new pedestrian aerial way has been built over the railways to facilitate the passengers flow.

Nantes

Train

Mezzanine level of the Gare de Nantes

General information
Location27, boulevard de Stalingrad
BP 34112
44041 Nantes cedex 1
Coordinates47°13′0″N 1°32′30″W / 47.21667°N 1.54167°W
Owned byRFF / SNCF
Line(s)Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
Platforms9
Tracks14 (11 through; 3 terminus)
Construction
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code87481002
History
Opened1968
Electrified25 kV AC
Passengers
10 million/year

Services

Preceding station SNCF Following station
Angers-Saint-Laud

towards Montparnasse

 TGV inOui Terminus
Angers-Saint-Laud
Le Mans

towards Montparnasse

Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Angers-Saint-Laud Grande Vitesse Terminus
Angers-Saint-Laud Train Classique
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus Intercités La Roche-sur-Yon

towards Bordeaux

Angers-Saint-Laud
Preceding station TER Bretagne Following station
Savenay

towards Quimper

 3 Terminus
Preceding station TER Pays de la Loire Following station
Couëron

towards Le Croisic

 1 Terminus
Chantenay

towards Savenay

 1bis
Savenay

towards Redon

 2
Rennes

Terminus

Terminus 4 Ancenis

towards Angers

5 Thouaré-sur-Loire

towards Ancenis

6 Clisson

towards Cholet

8 Clisson
9 La Roche-sur-Yon

towards La Rochelle

10 Rezé-Pont-Rousseau

towards Pornic

11 Rezé-Pont-Rousseau
21 Ancenis

towards Le Mans

28 Ancenis

towards Rennes

Haluchère-Batignolles T1 Terminus
Terminus T2 Saint-Sébastien-Pas-Enchantés

towards Clisson

Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station
Terminus 2.6 Ancenis

towards Orléans

Construction was started on the current station in 1965, and it was placed into service three years later. It is situated somewhat to the east of the old Gare d'Orléans, originally the Nantes station of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans, which it replaced. The southern entrance hall was opened in 1989, in time for the inauguration of the TGV Atlantique. For years, major changes have extended the station capacity to ease the users journeys. The first major step was done in 2020 with the addition of the new aerial way, part of a more global transformation project which should end in 2025, with a complete restructuration of the station area.

Line 1 of the Tramway de Nantes serves the northern hall of the station. The southern hall is served by several of the bus services of the Tan network, including the Navette Tan Air express shuttle service to Nantes Atlantique Airport.[1] All platforms at train station Nantes have elevators and escalators to help people with limited mobility.

The station is served by the following service(s):[2][3][4]

  • High speed services (TGV) Nantes - Angers - Le Mans - Paris
  • High speed services (TGV) Le Croisic - Saint-Nazaire - Nantes - Paris
  • High speed services (TGV) Nantes - Le Mans - Massy - Lyon - Marseille / Montpellier
  • High speed services (TGV) Nantes - Le Mans - Massy - Strasbourg / Lille

Intercity and regional services

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  • Intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
  • Intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - Tours - Bourges - Lyon
  • Regional services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Nantes
  • Regional services (Interloire) Le Croisic - Saint-Nazaire - Nantes - Angers - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Orleans
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Rennes - Nantes
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Redon - Nantes
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Le Croisic - Saint-Nazaire - Nantes
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Angers - Le Mans
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Ancenis
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Clisson - La Roche-sur-Yon - Les Sables-d'Olonne
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Sainte-Pazanne - Pornic
  • Regional services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Sainte-Pazanne - Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
  • Tram - Train services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Clisson - Cholet
  • Tram - Train services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - La Chapelle - Châteaubriant
  1. ^ "Tan - Transports en commun de l'agglomération nantaise - Plans". Tan - Transports en commun de l'agglomération nantaise (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  2. ^ Rechercher une fiche horaire, TER Pays de la Loire, accessed 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ Carte des lignes régionales de transport des Pays de la Loire, TER Pays de la Loire, accessed 12 Oct 2022.
  4. ^ Nantes station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)