Gare de La Rochelle

Gare de La Rochelle in the early 20th century.

Gare de La Rochelle is the main railway station serving La Rochelle. The station building, which includes a 45-metre-tall clock tower, was built in 1922 by Pierre Esquié for the CF de l'Etat replacing the older building. The station was renovated by Franck Beck and Luc Mouret in the early 1990s for the arrival of the TGV Atlantique.

La Rochelle is linked to Poitiers, Tours, Bordeaux and Paris as well as regional (TER) services to other towns in Poitou-Charentes, such as Angoulême and Niort. There are both TGV and TER rail services serving La Rochelle station.

The following services currently call at La Rochelle:

• intercity services (Intercités) Quimper - Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux - Toulouse

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Surgères toward Paris-Montparnasse		TGV		Terminus
Luçon toward Quimper or Nantes		Intercités		Rochefort toward Bordeaux or Toulouse
La Rochelle-Porte Dauphine Terminus		TER Poitou-Charentes		Aytré-Plage toward Rochefort
Terminus		TER Poitou-Charentes		Châtelaillon toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
		TER Poitou-Charentes		Surgères toward Poitiers

References

• Timetables TER Poitou-Charentes (French)
• Photograph from 1989