La Rochelle station
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 railway station is well known for the "Danseurs au ballon" painted on the ceiling by Emile Sourice and Nicus Georget, 2 local artists. 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine, such as Angoulême and Niort. There are both TGV and TER rail services serving La Rochelle station.
The following train services serve the station as of January 2018:[1]
- intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
toward Paris-Montparnasse | TGV | Terminus | ||
Luçon toward Nantes | Intercités | Châtelaillon toward Bordeaux |
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| Terminus | TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 5P | La Jarrie toward Poitiers |
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| Terminus | TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 6P | Châtelaillon toward Bordeaux |
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La Rochelle-Porte Dauphine Terminus | TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 11P | Aytré-Plage toward Rochefort |
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Luçon toward Nantes | TER Pays de la Loire 9 | Terminus |
References
- TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine Archived 2019-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Fiches horaires, accessed 30 January 2018.
External links
- La Rochelle station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
- Photograph from 1989