Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean

Bordeaux Saint-Jean SNCF and tram
Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean front
Station statistics
Lines	Paris–Bordeaux railway Bordeaux–Sète railway Bordeaux–Irun railway
Tracks	15
Other information
Opened	1898
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Traffic
Passengers ()	11.5 million
Location

Bordeaux-Saint-Jean or Bordeaux-Midi is the main railway station in the French city of Bordeaux. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Bordeaux railway, and the western terminus of the Chemin de Fer du Midi main line to Toulouse. The current station building opened in 1898. As well as Midi trains, the station accepted trains from the PO and Etat. The station was built by M Toudoire and S Choron.

The station building, situated in Bordeaux city centre at the end of the Cours de la Marne, appears from the front as three parts. The middle part is home to the station buffet and separates the arrivals and departures halls. All three parts are parallel to the platforms. The station buildings hide a large rooftop, built by Gustave Eiffel, which is 56 m wide and covers 17,000 m².

Since the arrival of the TGV the station has been renovated and upgraded with modern equipment, but has kept its original features.

The great hall has a large map of the network of the Midi on one of the walls and reminds passengers of the origins of the station.

The station is the main railway interchange in Aquitaine and links Bordeaux to Paris, Sète, Toulouse Matabiau and Spain.

A long metal viaduct, also built by Eiffel was originally used to carry the railway over the River Garonne but this two-track bridge became a bottleneck and a new four-track railway bridge was built next to it.

Train services

As of August 2011 the following services call at Bordeaux-Saint-Jean:

• high speed services (TGV) Paris - Bordeaux - Irun
• high speed services (TGV) Lille - Bordeaux
• high speed services (TGV) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Lyon - Dijon
• intercity services (Téoz) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille - Nice
• intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux - Périgueux - Limoges - Montluçon - Roanne - Lyon
• intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux - Périgueux - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Ussel - Clermont-Ferrand
• intercity services (Intercités) Quimper - Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux - Toulouse
• night services (Lunéa) Hendaye - Bayonne - Bordeaux - Toulouse - Marseille - Nice
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Libourne - Angoulême
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Libourne - Mussidan - Périgueux
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Libourne - Bergerac - Sarlat-la-Canéda
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Arcachon
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Lesparre - Le Verdon
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Morcenx - Mont-de-Marsan
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Langon - Marmande - Agen
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Dax - Bayonne - Hendaye
• local service (TER Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Dax - Pau

Series	Train Type	Route	Material	Notes
TGV	High Speed Train	Paris-Montparnasse - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Poitiers - Angoulême - Libourne - Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Dax - Orthez - Pau - Lourdes - Tarbes	TGV Atlantique
TGV	TGV	Paris-Montparnasse - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Agen - Montauban - Toulouse-Matabiau	TGV Atlantique	4x per day
TGV	TGV	Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Angoulême - Poitiers - Futuroscope - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Massy TGV - Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy - Champagne-Ardenne TGV - Meuse TGV - Lorraine TGV - Strasbourg
TGV	TGV	Paris-Montparnasse - Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Facture-Biganos - Arcachon	TGV Atlantique	1x on Friday to Paris, 1x on Sunday to Arcachon

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Dax toward Irun		TGV		Libourne toward Paris-Montparnasse
Libourne toward Lille-Europe		TGV		Terminus
Dax toward Tarbes		TGV		Libourne toward Paris-Montparnasse
Agen toward Toulouse		TGV		Angoulême toward Paris-Montparnasse
Terminus		TGV		Agen toward Dijon
Facture-Biganos toward Arcachon		TGV		Angoulême toward Paris-Montparnasse
Terminus		Intercités		Marmande toward Marseille or Nice
Terminus		Intercités		Libourne toward Lyon-Perrache
		Intercités		Libourne toward Ussel or Clermont-Ferrand
Montendre toward Quimper		Intercités		Marmande toward Toulouse
Dax toward Hendaye		Intercités night trains		Marmande toward Nice-Ville
Terminus		TER Aquitaine 16		Cenon toward Angoulême
		TER Aquitaine 24		Cenon toward Périgueux
		TER Aquitaine 26		Cenon toward Sarlat-la-Canéda
		TER Aquitaine 32		Pessac toward Arcachon
		TER Aquitaine 33		Mérignac-Arlac toward Le Verdon
		TER Aquitaine 40		Pessac toward Mont-de-Marsan
		TER Aquitaine 47		Bègles toward Agen
		TER Aquitaine 61		Pessac toward Hendaye
		TER Aquitaine 64		Pessac toward Pau
Cenon toward La Rochelle		TER Poitou-Charentes		Terminus

See also

• Gare de Bordeaux État (État)
• Gare de Bordeaux Passerelle (PO)
• Gare de Bordeaux Bastide (PO)
• Gare de Bordeaux Ravezies (ex. Saint-Louis)
• Gare de Bordeaux Brienne
• Gare de Bordeaux Bénauge (PO-Midi-Etat)

References

• Timetables TER Aquitaine (French)

External links

• Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean