Carcassonne station

Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Occitanie, France, on the Bordeaux–Sète and Carcassonne–Rivesaltes lines. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by SNCF.

Carcassonne
Gare de Carcassonne
General information
Location	1 Avenue Maréchal Joffre 11000 Carcassonne France
Coordinates	43.218182°N 2.351826°E / 43.218182; 2.351826
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Line(s)	Bordeaux–Sète railway Carcassonne–Rivesaltes
Other information
Station code	87615286
History
Opened	22 April 1857
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Toulouse Terminus TGV inOui Narbonne towards Lyon-Part-Dieu Toulouse towards Bordeaux Intercités Narbonne towards Marseille Castelnaudary towards Paris-Austerlitz Intercités (night) Lézignan-Corbières towards Cerbère Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station Bram towards Toulouse 10 Lézignan-Corbières towards Narbonne Lézignan-Corbières towards Portbou 25 Bram towards Toulouse Terminus 29 Couffoulens-Leuc towards Limoux

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^[1] opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876,^[2] which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.^[2]

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:^[3]

• High speed services (TGV) Toulouse–Montpellier–Lyon
• Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux–Toulouse–Montpellier–Marseille
• Night services (Intercités) Paris–Narbonne–Cerbère
• Regional service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Carcassonne–Narbonne
• Local service (TER Occitanie) Carcassonne–Limoux

Gallery

• 
  A TGV service to Eastern France
• 
  A TER train to Quillan waiting in the station
• 
  A Train passing through the station

References

1. France, Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Imprimerie nationale, 1864, pp408 archive (15 January 2012).
2. Guillaume Pourageaux, article Rail Passion no 97, 2005, pp76
3. Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.

External links

• Carcassonne station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
• Timetable search, TER Occitanie

43°13′5″N 2°21′7″E