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| Location | 85 Quai d'Austerlitz Paris France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′32″N2°21′57″E / 48.84222°N 2.36583°E /48.84222; 2.36583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Paris–Bordeaux railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | RER: No[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Pierre-Louis Renaud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 87547000 / 87547026 (RER) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 (RER) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 September 1840 (1840-09-20) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | 19,515,861[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9th in France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gare d'Austerlitz (English:Austerlitz station), officiallyParis Austerlitz, is one of the seven largeParis railway terminal stations. The station is located on theleft bank of theSeine in the southeastern part of the city, in the13th arrondissement. It is the start of theParis–Bordeaux railway; the line toToulouse is connected to this line. In 1997, theMinistry of Culture designated the Gare d'Austerlitz ahistorical monument; it became the fifth large railway station in Paris to receive such a label, as currently onlyMontparnasse has not been attributed it.
Since the opening of theLGV Atlantique – ending atGare 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. TheElipsos Train Hotels (Trenhotel) operated jointly byRenfe andSNCF operated from here toMadrid andBarcelona from 2001 to 2013. 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 were discontinued.[3][4]
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The Gare d'Austerlitz was the main station in Paris for the Paris-Orléans (PO) company and was originally called the Gare d'Orléans station. The station is near the Quai d'Austerlitz, and the bridge that gives it its name. These were named after theCzech town once known as Austerlitz (todaySlavkov u Brna).Napoleon I defeated theThird Coalition there on 2 December 1805 at theBattle of Austerlitz.
Built from 1838, the first platform was built slightly back from the current location of the station by the architect Félix-Emmanuel Callet and began service on 20 September 1840,[5] on the occasion of the opening of the Paris-Corbeil line, which was extended to Orléans in May 1843. Part of the rue Poliveau was cut by this construction, and another part, located near theSeine, took the name of rue Jouffroy.
The first expansion took place in 1846.
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Once demolished, the station was rebuilt between 1862 to 1869,[5] by Pierre-Louis Renaud (1819–1897), chief architect of the Paris-Orléans company.[6] It included a large irontrain shed, 51.25 metres (168 ft 2 in) wide and 280 metres (920 ft) long (the second largest in France after Bordeaux),[7] designed by Ferdinand Mathieu and carried out by the construction workshops ofSchneider & Co atLe Creusot andChalon-sur-Saône.[6] This vast space was also used as a workshop for makinggas balloons, during theSiege of Paris in 1870. Also built was the departure hall to the north, the perpendicular building of the restaurantbuffet, the arrival hall to the south, as well as the Paris-Orléans railway administration building at the west end of the shed, on Place Valhubert, with aBelle Époque stylefaçade. The administrative building was an extension of the iron roof, whosepediment was invisible from Place Valhubert. This arrangement, as well as the choice of side entrances, was unusual for a terminal station.
In 1900, the Paris-Orléans company extended its railway line towards the centre of the capital, with theGare d'Orsay becoming the new end of the line, when it entered service on 28 May on the occasion of the1900 Universal Exposition. The design was by architect Victor Laloux, and the construction by the contractor Léon Chagnaud. In 1906, the greattrain shed of Gare d'Austerlitz was literally pierced through its width by the Metro 5 line by an extension of a viaduct crossing the Seine. An elevated station was located within the station's roof.
In 1910, during thegreat flood of the Seine, the station was flooded and rail traffic completely interrupted from 31 January to 9 February. During this period, the departure and arrival of the trains were terminated at Gare de Juvisy.
In 1926, the Paris–Vierzon line was electrified to 1500 V, so no more steam engines entered Austerlitz. It was the first station in Paris to no longer be served by steam trains.
In 1939, the Gare d'Orsay saw its function limited to suburban traffic, and the Gare d'Austerlitz once again became the terminus station for the main lines. In 1979, a 1-kilometre (0.62 mi) extension to the Orsay line was built in a tunnel along the bank of the Seine, connecting the line to theGare des Invalides, the terminus of the Rive Gauche line toVersailles. This newTransversal Rive Gauche line is today the central section ofLine C of the Parisiancommuter rail system, theRéseau Express Régional (RER).[8][9]
On 28 February 1997, parts of the Gare d'Austerlitz were classified asmonuments historiques, especially its facades and glass roof.[5][6]
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A large refurbishment project of the Paris Austerlitz is currently under way. Four new platforms are being constructed and all the existing tracks are being refurbished. The interior will be rebuilt in order to handleLGV Sud-Est andLGV Atlantique services, partially transferred from theGare de Lyon andGare Montparnasse, both of which are at maximum capacity. All the work is planned to be completed by 2020,[needs update] and will double the activity at the station.
The following services currently call at Paris-Austerlitz:[citation needed]
Gare d'Austerlitz also hosts stations on theParis Métro (lines 5 and 10, seeGare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)) andRER.
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