Montpellier-Saint-Roch station
Saint-Roch is the main railway station in Montpellier, France. The station was formerly known as Gare de Montpellier, but since March 2005 it bears the name of Saint Roch, a native of the city, who was born in the 14th century. Saint-Roch is one of the principal transport hubs of Languedoc-Roussillon, situated between the stations of Nîmes and Sète.
The station building comprises a listed front face and a passenger building laid out on three levels. What was the bus station above the tracks is now a short stay carpark. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the station is in the middle of an urban regeneration project involving old railway property called the Nouveau Saint-Roch.
Until December 2013, there was a EuroCity service between Montpellier, Barcelona and Cartagena in Spain. This service was cut when high speed services were extended to Barcelona and Madrid.[1]
Destinations
Due to its position in the south of France and on the lines from Paris, Italy and Spain, many international trains stop in Montpellier. The following connections are offered:
From Montpellier train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Perpignan, Lille, Dijon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Besançon.
International services operate to Spain: Barcelona and Madrid.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Valence - Nîmes - Montpellier (- Béziers)
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Beziers - Narbonne - Perpignan
- High speed services (TGV) Paris - Valence - Nîmes - Montpellier - Beziers - Perpignan - Barcelona
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Perpignan - Barcelona
- High speed services (AVE) Marseille - Nîmes - Montpellier - Beziers - Perpignan - Barcelona - Madrid
- High speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée - Lyon Saint-Exupéry - Nîmes - Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lille - Paris-CDG Airport - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Toulouse
- Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille
- Regional services (TER Occitanie) Narbonne - Béziers - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
- Regional services (TER Occitanie) Cerbère - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
- Regional services (TER Occitanie) Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Arles - Marseille
See also
References
- ^ "15 December 2013 timetable change highlights" (217). Today's Railways Europe. January 2014: 8.
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External links
- Montpellier-Saint-Roch station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)