Nantes station

Nantes station (French: Gare de Nantes) is the principal passenger railway station serving the French city of Nantes. It is a through station aligned east–west, with entrances and station facilities on both north and south sides. The two entrances are often described as Gare Nord and Gare Sud, as if they were separate stations, but they are in fact linked to each other and to all the platforms by a pedestrian subway. In 2020, after 3 years of work, a new pedestrian aerial way has been built over the railways to facilitate the passengers flow.

Nantes
Train
Mezzanine level of the Gare de Nantes
General information
Location	27, boulevard de Stalingrad BP 34112 44041 Nantes cedex 1
Coordinates	47°13′0″N 1°32′30″W
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Line(s)	Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
Platforms	9
Tracks	14 (11 through; 3 terminus)
Construction
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	87481002
History
Opened	1968
Electrified	25 kV AC
Passengers
10 million/year
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Angers-Saint-Laud towards Montparnasse TGV inOui Terminus Angers-Saint-Laud towards Eastern France Le Mans towards Montparnasse Preceding station Ouigo Following station Angers-Saint-Laud towards Paris-Montparnasse Grande Vitesse Terminus Angers-Saint-Laud towards Paris-Austerlitz Train Classique Preceding station SNCF Following station Terminus Intercités La Roche-sur-Yon towards Bordeaux Angers-Saint-Laud towards Lyon-Perrache Preceding station TER Bretagne Following station Savenay towards Quimper 3 Terminus Preceding station TER Pays de la Loire Following station Couëron towards Le Croisic 1 Terminus Chantenay towards Savenay 1bis Savenay towards Redon 2 Rennes Terminus Terminus 4 Ancenis towards Angers 5 Thouaré-sur-Loire towards Ancenis 6 Clisson towards Cholet 8 Clisson towards Les Sables-d'Olonne 9 La Roche-sur-Yon towards La Rochelle 10 Rezé-Pont-Rousseau towards Pornic 11 Rezé-Pont-Rousseau towards Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 21 Ancenis towards Le Mans 28 Ancenis towards Rennes Haluchère-Batignolles towards Châteaubriant T1 Terminus Terminus T2 Saint-Sébastien-Pas-Enchantés towards Clisson Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station Terminus 2.6 Ancenis towards Orléans

Construction was started on the current station in 1965, and it was placed into service three years later. It is situated somewhat to the east of the old Gare d'Orléans, originally the Nantes station of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans, which it replaced. The southern entrance hall was opened in 1989, in time for the inauguration of the TGV Atlantique. Since years, major changes has started to extend the station capacities and ease the users journey. The first major step was done in 2020 with the addition of the new aerial way, part of a more global transformation project which should end in 2025, with a complete restructuration of the station area.

Line 1 of the Tramway de Nantes serves the northern hall of the station. The southern hall is served by several of the bus services of the Tan network, including the Navette Tan Air express shuttle service to Nantes Atlantique Airport.[1] All platforms at train station Nantes have elevators and escalators to help people with limited mobility.