The gare de Pau is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

in Pau,

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. The station is located on the Toulouse-Bayonne and Pau-Canfranc railway lines. The station is served by

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(high speed trains),

Intercités de Nuit Intercités de Nuit is a brand name used by France’s national railway company, SNCF, to denote overnight passenger rail services in France. It was known as ''Corail Lunéa'' before 2009 and as ''Lunéa'' from 2010 to 2012. Between 2013 and 20 ...

(night trains),

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(long distance) and

TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...

(local) services operated by the SNCF. The station is situated in the valley of the

Gave de Pau The Gave de Pau () is a river of south-western France. It takes its name from the city of Pau, through which it flows. The river is long ( including the Gaves réunis), and its source is at the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees mountains. The ...

, some below the city centre. It is linked to the city centre by the

Funiculaire de Pau The Funiculaire de Pau, or Pau Funicular, is a funicular railway in the city of Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of southwestern France. It links the Boulevard des Pyrénées, on the level of the city centre and the Château ...

, which climbs out of the valley to the

Boulevard des Pyrénées The Boulevard des Pyrénées is a boulevard in the town of Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of south-west France. With buildings on its northern side only, and a terrace overlooking the valley of the Gave de Pau to its south, th ...

and Place Royale. It is also served by buses and taxis.

Train services

The following services currently call at Pau: *TGV services Paris - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Bordeaux - Dax - Pau - Tarbes *intercity services (''Intercités'') Hendaye - Bayonne - Pau - Tarbes - Toulouse *local service (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Bordeaux - Dax - Pau - Tarbes *local service (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Bayonne - Pau - Tarbes *local service (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Pau - Oloron-Sainte-Marie - Bedous *local service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse - Saint-Gaudens - Tarbes - Pau Pau station

References

Railway stations in Pyrénées-Atlantiques Railway stations in France opened in 1863 {{Aquitaine-railstation-stub