Nantes station ( French: ''Gare de Nantes'') is the principal passenger

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serving the French city of

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. It is a through station aligned east–west, with entrances and station facilities on both north and south sides. The two entrances are often described as ''Gare Nord'' and ''Gare Sud'', as if they were separate stations, but they are in fact linked to each other and to all the platforms by a pedestrian subway. In 2020, after 3 years of work,
new pedestrian aerial way
has been built over the railways to facilitate the passengers flow. Construction was started on the current station in 1965, and it was placed into service three years later. It is situated somewhat to the east of the old

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, originally the Nantes station of the

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, which it replaced. The southern entrance hall was opened in 1989, in time for the inauguration of the

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. Since years, major changes has started to extend the station capacities and ease the users journey. The first major step was done in 2020 with the addition of the new aerial way, part of a mor
global transformation project
which should end in 2025, with a complete restructuration of the station area. Line 1 of the

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serves the northern hall of the station. The southern hall is served by several of the bus services of the Tan network, including the ''Navette Tan Air'' express shuttle service to

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. All platforms at train station Nantes have elevators and escalators to help people with limited mobility.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):Rechercher une fiche horaire
TER Pays de la Loire, accessed 16 May 2022.

High speed services

*High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Angers - Le Mans - Paris *High speed services (''TGV'') Le Croisic - Saint-Nazaire - Nantes - Paris *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Le Mans - Massy - Lyon - Marseille / Montpellier *High speed services (''TGV'') Nantes - Le Mans - Massy - Strasbourg / Lille

Intercity and regional services

*Intercity services (''Intercités'') Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux *Intercity services (''Intercités'') Nantes - Tours - Bourges - Lyon *Regional services (''TER Bretagne'') Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Nantes *Regional services (''Interloire'') Le Croisic - Saint-Nazaire - Nantes - Angers - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Orleans *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Rennes - Nantes *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Redon - Nantes *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Le Croisic - Saint-Nazaire - Nantes *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Angers - Le Mans *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Ancenis *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Clisson - La Roche-sur-Yon - Les Sables-d'Olonne *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Sainte-Pazanne - Pornic *Regional services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Sainte-Pazanne - Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

Local services

*Tram - Train services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - Clisson - Cholet *Tram - Train services (''TER Pays de la Loire'') Nantes - La Chapelle - Châteaubriant

References

External links

* Transport in Nantes Railway stations in Loire-Atlantique

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