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| Location | Place Raoul-Dautry Paris France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′24″N2°19′07″E / 48.84000°N 2.31861°E /48.84000; 2.31861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SNCF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tracks | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Parking station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87391003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 (Public transport fares in the Île-de-France) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 September 1840 (1840-09-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 56,862,435[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 4th in France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gare Montparnasse (French pronunciation:[ɡaʁmɔ̃paʁnas]; Montparnasse station), officiallyParis Montparnasse and formerlyGare de l'Ouest, is one of the seven largeParis railway termini, and is located in the14th and15th arrondissements.
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 prominentTour Montparnasse was constructed. It is a central element to theMontparnasse area. The original station is noted for theMontparnasse derailment, where asteam train crashed through the station in 1895, an event captured in widely known photographs and reproduced in full scale in several locations.[3]
The station serves intercityTGV trains to the west and southwest of France includingTours,Bordeaux,Rennes andNantes, and suburban and regional services on theTransilien Line N routes. There is also ametro station. Gare Montparnasse is the only mainline terminus in Paris not directly connected to theRER system, though the Montparnasse main line is connected to the RER atVersailles Chantiers and theLGV Atlantique atMassy–Palaiseau.
The station opened in 1840 asGare de l'Ouest,[4] later being renamed. A second station was built between 1848 and 1852.
On 25 August 1944, theGerman military governor of Paris,General von Choltitz, surrendered his garrison to the French GeneralPhilippe Leclerc at the old station. (seeLiberation of Paris).
During the 1960s, a newer station integrated into a complex of office buildings was built further down the track.[5][6] In 1969, the old station was demolished and theTour Montparnasse built on its site. An extension was built in 1990 to host theTGV Atlantique.
The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895 of theGranville–Paris Express, which overran thebuffer stop. The engine careened across almost 30 metres (100 ft) of the station concourse, crashed through a 60-centimetre (2 ft) thick wall, shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 10 metres (33 ft) below, where it stood on its nose. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. The only fatality was a woman on the street below, Marie-Augustine Aguilard, who was temporarily taking over her husband's work duty while he went out to get the newspapers. She was killed by falling masonry.[7] The railway company later paid for her funeral and provided a pension to look after her two children. The accident was caused by a faultyWestinghouse brake and the engine driver, who was trying to make up lost time.[8] A conductor was given a 25-franc fine and the engine driver a 50-franc fine.
Replicas of the train crash are recreated outside the Mundo a Vapor ("Steam World") museum chain buildings inCanela, Brazil.[9]
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 andGranville. The station is also served by suburban trains heading to the west and south-west of Paris.
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