Nantes station

47°13′0″N 1°32′30″W / 47.21667°N 1.54167°W / 47.21667; -1.54167Owned byRFF / SNCFLine(s)Tours–Saint-Nazaire railwayPlatforms9Tracks14 (11 through; 3 terminus)ConstructionPlatform levels1Other informationStation code87481002HistoryOpened1968Electrified25 kV ACPassengers10 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
towards Paris-Montparnasse
 Grande Vitesse Terminus
Angers-Saint-Laud
towards Paris-Austerlitz
 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
towards Châteaubriant
 T1 Terminus
Terminus T2 Saint-Sébastien-Pas-Enchantés
towards Clisson
Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station
Terminus 2.6 Ancenis
towards Orléans

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.

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. Since years, major changes has started to extend the station capacities and ease the users journey. 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.

Train services

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

High speed services

  • 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

  • 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

Local services

  • Tram - Train services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - Clisson - Cholet
  • Tram - Train services (TER Pays de la Loire) Nantes - La Chapelle - Châteaubriant

References

  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)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Nantes.
  • Nantes station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)


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