Gare d'Austerlitz

Paris Austerlitz
Paris Austerlitz railway station
Location	Paris, Île-de-France France
Coordinates
Line(s)	Paris–Bordeaux railway
Platforms	25
Tracks	25
History
Opened	20 September 1840

The tracks to Gare d'Austerlitz (seen here with a suburban train) run south of the Bibliothèque nationale de France`.

Paris Austerlitz (Austerlitz Station) is one of the six large terminus railway stations in Paris. It is situated on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the 13th arrondissement. It is the start of the Paris–Bordeaux railway; the line to Toulouse is connected to this line. Since the introduction of the TGV Atlantique — using Gare Montparnasse — Austerlitz has lost most of its long-distance southwestern services. It is used by some 30 million passengers annually, about half the number passing through Montparnasse.

The Elipsos Train Hotels (Trenhotel) operated jointly between RENFE and SNCF operated from here to Madrid and Barcelona. They would leave in the early evening and arrive next morning. With the start of a direct TGV from Paris to Barcelona, on 15 December 2013, the Trenhotel services finished.

History

The Gare d'Austerlitz was built in 1840 in order to serve first the Paris-Corbeil then the Paris-Orleans line. The station was originally called the Gare d'Orléans. An 1865-1868 extension was designed by architect Pierre-Louis Renaud.

The station takes its name from the Czech town once known as Austerlitz (today Slavkov u Brna.) Napoleon I defeated the superior numbers of the Third Coalition on 2 December 1805 there in the Battle of Austerlitz.

Future

A large refurbishment project of the Paris Austerlitz is currently underway. Four new platforms are being constructed and all the existing tracks are being refurbished. The interior will be rebuilt in order to handle TGV Sud-Est and TGV Atlantique services, partially transferred from the Gare de Lyon and Gare Montparnasse, both of which are at maximum capacity. All the work is planned to be completed by 2020, and will double the activity at the station.

Train services

The following services currently call at Paris-Austerlitz:

• intercity services (Intercités) Paris - Orléans
• intercity services (Intercités) Paris - Orléans - Blois - Tours
• intercity services (Intercités) Paris - Orléans - Vierzon - Bourges - Montluçon
• intercity services (Téoz or Téoz Éco) Paris - Vierzon - Limoges - Brive - Toulouse - Narbonne - Cerbère
• night services (Intercités de Nuit) Paris - Orléans - Dax - Irun/Tarbes
• night service (Intercités de Nuit) Paris - Limoges - Portbou/Latour-de-Carol/Luchon
• night services (Intercités de Nuit) Paris - Orléans - Toulouse/Albi
• night services (Intercités de Nuit) Paris - Toulon - Nice
• night service (Intercités de Nuit) Paris - Chambéry - Bourg-Saint-Maurice/Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
• night service (Intercités de Nuit) Paris - Gap - Briançon

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Terminus		Intercités		Les Aubrais-Orléans toward Tours
		Intercités		Les Aubrais-Orléans toward Montluçon
Terminus		Intercités		Les Aubrais-Orléans toward Toulouse or Cerbère
Terminus		Intercités night trains		Les Aubrais-Orléans toward Irun or Tarbes
Terminus		Intercités night trains		Les Aubrais-Orléans toward Portbou, Latour-de-Carol or Luchon
Terminus		Intercités night trains		Les Aubrais-Orléans toward Toulouse or Albi
Terminus		Intercités night trains		Toulon toward Nice-Ville
Terminus		Intercités night trains		Chambéry toward Bourg-St-Maurice or St-Gervais
Terminus		Intercités night trains		Crest toward Briançon
Étampes toward Orléans		TER Centre-Val de Loire 21		Terminus
Dourdan toward Tours		TER Centre-Val de Loire 26
St-Michel - Notre-Dame toward Pontoise, Versailles RG or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines				Bibliothèque François Mitterrand toward Massy – Palaiseau, Dourdan-la-Forêt, Saint-Martin-d'Étampes or Versailles-Chantiers

Gare d'Austerlitz also hosts stations on the Paris Métro (lines 5 and 10, see Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)) and RER.

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro

References

• Roland, Gérard (2003). Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram. Éditions Bonneton.
• Satellite image from Google Maps