Carcassonne
Gare de Carcassonne
General information
Location1 Avenue Maréchal Joffre
11000 Carcassonne France
Coordinates43°13′05″N 2°21′07″E / 43.218182°N 2.351826°E / 43.218182; 2.351826
Owned byRFF / SNCF
Line(s)Bordeaux–Sète railway
Carcassonne–Rivesaltes
Other information
Station code87615286
History
Opened22 April 1857
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Toulouse
Terminus
 TGV inOui
 Narbonne
towards Lyon-Part-Dieu
Toulouse
towards Bordeaux
 Intercités
 Narbonne
towards Marseille
Castelnaudary
towards Paris-Austerlitz
 Intercités (night)
 Lézignan-Corbières
towards Cerbère
Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station
Bram
towards Toulouse
 10 Lézignan-Corbières
towards Narbonne
Lézignan-Corbières
towards Portbou
 25 Bram
towards Toulouse
Terminus 29 Couffoulens-Leuc
towards Limoux

Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Occitanie, France, on the Bordeaux–Sète and Carcassonne–Rivesaltes lines. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by SNCF.

History

The station built in 1857 by the Railway Company du Midi is located to the north of the ville basse near the Canal du Midi and extended when the Compagnie du Midi[1] opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876,[2] which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.[2]

Architecture

The main building is in the classical style and flanked by two wings and a clock. The station hall is decorated with a fresco (8m x 3m) installed in 1995 the painter Jean Camberoque representing the land of the Aude. The Station Buffet features a mural painted in 1996 representing the actor Philippe Noiret waiting for the train on the station platform.

Train services

The following services currently call at Carcassonne:[3]

  • High speed services (TGV) Toulouse–Montpellier–Lyon
  • Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux–Toulouse–Montpellier–Marseille
  • Night services (Intercités) Paris–Narbonne–Cerbère
  • Regional service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Carcassonne–Narbonne
  • Local service (TER Occitanie) Carcassonne–Limoux

References

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  1. ↑ France, Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Imprimerie nationale, 1864, pp408 archive (15 January 2012).
  2. 1 2 Guillaume Pourageaux, article Rail Passion no 97, 2005, pp76
  3. ↑ Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.

43°13′5″N 2°21′7″E / 43.21806°N 2.35194°E / 43.21806; 2.35194


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