Chartres station

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Chartres
Gare de Chartres, as seen from Chartres Cathedral 20160326 1.jpg
Location8, place Pierre-Semard
28000 Chartres
Eure-et-Loire
France
Elevation143 m
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Paris-Brest railway
Platforms4
Tracks7
Construction
ArchitectHenri Pacon
Other information
Station code87394007
History
OpenedJuly 12, 1849
Passengers
20152 765 888
Services
TER Centre-Val de Loire
The station building in 2012.

Gare de Chartres is a railway station serving the town of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department and Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway. The station is part of the SNCF rail network and is served by TER Centre-Val de Loire trains.

History[]

The original station was built in 1849.

Current building[]

The station has been renovated five times since 1870.

In 1933, the current building was constructed under the authority of Raoul Dautry, the directeur général of the Chemins de fer de l'État. It was designed by the french architect .

Since 2018, the station has been at the centre of a vast renewal of the city's urban core.[1] The project is set to be finished by 2030.

Services[]

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Tours
TER Centre-Val de Loire 2.9Terminus
TerminusTER Centre-Val de Loire 3.1
toward 
toward Le Mans
TER Centre-Val de Loire 3.2

References[]

  1. ^ "Le Pôle gare". www.chartres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-30.

External links[]

Coordinates: 48°26′54″N 1°28′52″E / 48.44833°N 1.48111°E / 48.44833; 1.48111


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