Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau
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Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau
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File:Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau - Facade.jpg
The station building
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Location | Boulevard de Marengo, 31000 Toulouse |
Owned by | SNCF |
Line(s) | Bordeaux–Sète railway, Toulouse–Bayonne railway, Brive-Toulouse railway, Toulouse-Auch railway, Metro Line A |
Platforms | 13 (1-11, A-B) |
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Bicycle facilities | Yes |
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Opened | 1905 |
Toulouse-Matabiau is the main railway station in Toulouse, southern France. It is located in the city centre and connected to the Toulouse Metro. The station is situated on the Bordeaux–Sète railway, Toulouse–Bayonne railway, Brive-Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway and Toulouse-Auch railway. Direct trains run to most parts of France.
History
Toulouse waited until the middle of the 19th century for the railway to arrive in the city.
In 1853, Émile Pereire and his brother Jacob founded the CF du Midi. Three years later, the line from Bordeaux to Toulouse was opened, it was extended to Sète in 1857.[1]
The current passenger building was built between 1903 and 1905, replacing an older and smaller building. The station took the name of the borough it was situated in, an area called Matabiau, named after the martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, mata-bios meaning kill the bull. It was designed by Marius Toudoire (who also designed Bordeaux Station) and was built with stone from the Roman city of Saintes. Like the Midi station in Bordeaux, Matabiau station bears 26 coats of arms on the front of the building of the 26 destinations that Midi served.
Some work was carried out on the building in 1938 prior to it being listed.[clarification needed]
Layout
The station is centred on two main concourses at the front of the station directly linked to each other, with ticket offices, shops and cafés. Underpasses link these concourses to the platforms. The station is connected to the underground Marengo SNCF station on Line A of the Toulouse Metro, accessible from inside and just outside the station.
Destinations
Toulouse-Matabiau is situated at the heart of a six-branch star network of lines with both regional (TER) and national (TGV and Corail) services.
Toulouse is served by the following regional lines:
- Toulouse-Albi-Rodez
- Toulouse-Montauban
- Toulouse-Saint-Sulpice
- Toulouse-Carcassonne
- Toulouse-Tarbes and Bayonne
- Toulouse-Foix
- Toulouse-Auch
Several SNCF facilities are present near the station, including the old Toulouse-Raynal goods yard now a carriage and engine maintenance yard and the large Saint-Jory marshalling yard 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the north.
Train services
The following services currently call at Toulouse-Matabiau:
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Tours - Bordeaux - Toulouse
- High speed services (TGV) Lille - Tours - Bordeaux - Toulouse
- 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 - Carcassonne – Perpignan - Barcelona - Madrid
- intercity services (Téoz) Paris - Vierzon - Limoges - Toulouse - Narbonne - Cerbère
- intercity services (Téoz) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille - Nice
- intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux - Toulouse
- intercity services (Intercités) Hendaye - Bayonne - Pau - Tarbes - Toulouse
- night services (Lunéa) Paris - Orléans - Souillac - Toulouse
- night services (Lunéa) Hendaye - Bayonne - Bordeaux - Toulouse - Marseille - Nice
- night services (Lunéa) Hendaye - Bayonne - Tarbes - Toulouse - Valence - Lyon - Geneva
- local service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Toulouse - Carcassonne - Narbonne
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Albi - Rodez
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Figeac - Aurillac
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Brive-la-Gaillarde - Cahors - Montauban - Toulouse
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Montauban - Toulouse
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Agen - Montauban - Toulouse
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Castres - Mazamet
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Castelnaudary - Carcassonne
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Colomiers - Auch
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Foix - Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
- local service (TER Midi-Pyrénées) Toulouse - Saint-Gaudens - Tarbes - Pau
Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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Terminus | TGV |
toward eastern France
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toward Paris-Montparnasse
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TGV | Terminus | ||
toward Nantes
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Intercités | Terminus | ||
toward Hendaye
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Intercités | |||
toward Paris-Austerlitz
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Intercités |
toward Cerbère
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toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
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Intercités | |||
toward Paris-Austerlitz
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Intercités night trains |
Terminus | ||
toward Hendaye
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Intercités night trains |
toward Nice-Ville
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toward Hendaye
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Intercités night trains |
toward Genève-Cornavin
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Terminus | TER Languedoc-Roussillon 4 |
toward Narbonne
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 2 |
toward Rodez
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 3 |
toward Aurillac
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toward Brive-la-Gaillarde
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 14 | Terminus | ||
toward Montauban
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 15 | |||
toward Agen
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 16 | |||
Terminus | TER Midi-Pyrénées 17 |
toward Mazamet
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 20 |
toward Carcassonne
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 21 |
toward Auch
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 22 |
toward Latour-de-Carol
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TER Midi-Pyrénées 24 |
toward Pau
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Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
Terminus | AVE |
toward Barcelona Sants
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Gallery
References
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- Timetables TER Midi-Pyrénées (French)
- Toulouse-Latour-de-Carol timetable (English)
- Toulouse - Rodez Timetable (English)
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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- Pages with broken file links
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2009
- Articles with French-language external links
- Railway stations in Midi-Pyrénées
- TER Midi-Pyrénées
- Transport in Toulouse
- Buildings and structures in Toulouse
- Railway stations opened in 1856
- Buildings and structures completed in 1905