Gare Montparnasse (Montparnasse station), officially Paris-Montparnasse, one of the 7 large Paris railway termini, is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements in Paris (France).
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.
The station serves intercity TGV trains to the west and southwest of France 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.
During the 1960s, a newer station integrated into a complex of office buildings was built further down the track. 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.
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
Address: 17 Bd de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France
Opened: September 10, 1840
Architect: Victor Lenoir
Owner: SNCF
Line(s): LGV Atlantique; Paris–Brest railway; Paris–Granville railway
Station code: 87391003 / 87391102 (Vaugirard)
Platforms in use: 28
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