Gare de l'Est

The Gare de l'Est (pronounced [ɡaʁ də lˈɛst]; English: station of the East or East station), officially Paris-Est, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, not far southeast from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north-south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann.

For the Paris Métro station, see Gare de l'Est (Paris Métro).

Paris-Est
Terminus
Main entrance
LocationPlace du 11 novembre 1918
75010 Paris
France
Owned bySNCF
Line(s)Paris–Strasbourg railway
Paris–Mulhouse railway
Platforms30
Construction
ArchitectFrançois-Alexandre Duquesney
Other information
Station code87113001
IATA codeXHP
Fare zone1
History
Opened5 July 1849
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz
1.5 kV DC (underground RER lines)
Passengers
201837.8 million
Rank10th in France
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Calais-Ville   Venice Simplon Orient Express
London–Paris–Rome		   Innsbruck
Hauptbahnhof
Terminus   Venice Simplon Orient Express
Paris–Istanbul		   Budapest Keleti pu.
Vienna
Westbahnhof		   Venice Simplon Orient Express
Venice–Budapest–London		   Calais Ville
Frankfurt
Hauptbahnhof		   Venice Simplon Orient Express
Venice–Prague–London		  
TerminusICE/TGV 82
towards Frankfurt
ICE/TGV 83
towards Munich
TGV inOui
Terminus
toward Sedan
TGV
toward Bar-le-Duc
toward Nancy-Ville
toward Remiremont
toward St Dié des Vosges
toward Metz-Ville
toward Luxembourg
toward Strasbourg
Intercités
Nogent-sur-Seine
toward Belfort
TER Grand Est C2
toward Saint-Dizier
Transilien
toward Meaux
toward Coulommiers
toward Provins
Connections to other stations
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
Transfer at: Gare de l'Est
Transfer at: Gare de l'Est
Transfer at: Gare de l'Est

Opened in 1849, it is currently the fifth-busiest of the six main railway stations in Paris before the Gare d'Austerlitz. The Gare de l'Est is the western terminus of the Paris–Strasbourg railway and Paris–Mulhouse railway which then proceeds to Basel, Switzerland.

History
View of the entrance foyer

The Gare de l'Est was opened in 1849 by the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg (Paris–Strasbourg Railway Company) under the name "Strasbourg platform" (Embarcadère de Strasbourg); an official inauguration with President Louis Napoléon Bonaparte took place the next year. The platform corresponds today with the hall for main-line trains. Designed by architect François Duquesnay, it was renamed the "Gare de l'Est" in 1854, after the expansion of service to Mulhouse.

Renovations followed in 1885 and 1900, part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris. In 1931 it was doubled in size, with the new part of the station built symmetrically with the old part. This transformation changed the surrounding neighbourhood significantly. At the top of the west facade of the Gare de l'Est is a statue by the sculptor Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire, representing the city of Strasbourg, while the east end of the station is crowned by a statue personifying Verdun, by Varenne. These two cities are important destinations serviced by Gare de l'Est. On 4 October 1883, the Gare de l'Est saw the first departure of the Orient Express for Istanbul.

The Gare de l'Est is the terminus of a strategic railway network extending towards the eastern part of France, and it saw large mobilizations of French troops, most notably in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. In the main-line train hall, a monumental painting by Albert Herter, Le Départ des poilus, août 1914 dating from 1926, illustrates the departure of these soldiers for the Western front. The SNCF started LGV Est Européenne services from the Gare de l'Est on 10 June 2007, with TGV and Intercity-Express (ICE) services to Northeastern France, Luxembourg, Southern Germany and Switzerland. Trains are initially planned to run at 320 km/h (198 mph), with the potential to run at 350 km/h (217 mph), cutting travel times by up to 2 hours.

Train services

The following services currently call at Paris-Est:

  • EuroNight Paris Est - Strasbourg - Berlin - Warsaw - Brest - Minsk - Moscow
  • High speed services (TGV inOui ) Paris Est - Reims
  • High speed services (TGV inOui ) Paris Est - Reims - Charleville-Mézières - Sedan
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - Champagne Adrennes TGV - Chalons-en-Champagne - Bar-le-Duc
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - (Champagne Ardennes TGV/Meuse TGV) - Nancy
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - Nancy - Epinal - Remiremont
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - Nancy - St Dié des Vosges
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - Nancy - Strasbourg
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - (Meuse TGV) - Metz
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - Metz - Thionville - Luxembourg
  • High speed services TGV/ICE Paris Est - Saarbrücken - Kaiserslautern - Mannheim - Frankfurt
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - (Saverne) - Strasbourg
  • High speed services TGV Paris Est - Strasbourg - Colmar
  • High speed services TGV/ICE Paris Est - Strasbourg - Karlsruhe - Stuttgart
  • High speed services TGV/ICE Paris Est - Strasbourg - Karlsruhe - Stuttgart - Ulm - Augsburg - Munich
  • Intercity services Paris Est - Troyes - Chaumont - Culmont-Chalindrey - Vesoul - Belfort
  • Regional services TER Grand Est (C2) Paris Est - Chateau-Thierry - Épernay - Chalons-en-Champagne - St Dizier
  • Regional services Transilien Paris Est - Meaux - Chateau Thierry
  • Regional services Transilien Paris Est - Meaux - La Ferte-Milon
  • Regional services Transilien Paris Est - Chelles Gournay - Meaux
  • Regional services Transilien Paris Est - Tournan - Coulommiers
  • Regional services Transilien Paris Est - Longueville - Provins
Series Route
TGV Paris-Est - Reims - Rethel - Charleville-Mézières - Sedan
TGV Paris-Est - Nancy-Ville - Lunéville - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

Metro services
Main article: Gare de l'Est (Paris Métro)

Destinations served from the Gare de l'Est

See also

References

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