Gare de Carcassonne

Carcassonne
Gare de Carcassonne
Location	1 Avenue Maréchal Joffre 11000 Carcassonne France
Coordinates
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Line(s)	Bordeaux–Sète railway Carcassonne - Rivesaltes
History
Opened	22 April 1857
Services
TGV, Intercitésand TER Languedoc-Roussillon

Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, located on the Bordeaux - Sète and Carcassonne - Rivesaltes railway 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 opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876, which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.

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:

• High speed services (TGV) Lille - Lyon - Toulouse
• High speed services (TGV) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Lyon - Dijon
• High speed services (TGV) Toulouse - Montpellier - Avignon - Marseille
• High speed services (AVE) Toulouse - Perpignan - Barcelona
• Intercity services (Intercités) Paris - Vierzon - Limoges - Toulouse - Narbonne - Cerbère
• Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille
• Night services (Intercités) Paris - Limoges - Narbonne - Portbou
• Local service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Toulouse - Carcassonne - Narbonne
• Local service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Carcassonne - Limoux - Quillan
• Local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Castelnaudary - Carcassonne

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Toulouse Terminus		TGV		Narbonne toward Lille Europe
Toulouse Terminus		TGV		Narbonne toward Marseille-St-Charles
Toulouse toward Bordeaux		TGV		Narbonne toward Dijon-Ville
Castelnaudary toward Paris-Austerlitz		Intercités		Narbonne toward Cerbère
Castelnaudary toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean		Intercités		Narbonne toward Marseille-St-Charles
Castelnaudary toward Paris-Austerlitz		Intercités night trains		Lézignan-Corbières toward Portbou
Bram toward Toulouse		TER Languedoc-Roussillon 4		Lézignan-Corbières toward Narbonne
Terminus		TER Languedoc-Roussillon 11		Couffoulens-Leuc toward Quillan
Bram toward Toulouse		TER Midi-Pyrénées 20		Terminus
Preceding station		Renfe Operadora		Following station
Toulouse-Matabiau Terminus		AVE		Perpignan toward Barcelona Sants

Gallery

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  A TGV service to Eastern France

• Gare de Carcassonne 1.JPG

  A TER train to Quillan waiting in the station

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  A Train passing through the station

References

• Timetables TER Languedoc-Roussillon (French)