Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch

Gare de Montpellier Saint-Roch

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, Nice, Perpignan, Lille, Dijon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Besançon, Grenoble and a number of destinations in the Alps.

International services operate to Spain: Barcelona and Madrid, Switzerland: Geneva.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Béziers
TGV
TGV
TGV
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
toward Perpignan
TGVTerminus
toward Dijon-Ville
TGV
toward Bordeaux
TGVTerminus
Intercités
toward Marseille or Nice
Intercités
night trains
toward Portbou
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone
toward Narbonne
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 1
Les Mazes-le-Crès
Frontignan
toward Perpignan
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 2
Lunel
Frontignan
toward Narbonne
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 3
Lunel

See also

References

  1. "15 December 2013 timetbale change highlights" (217). Today's Railways Europe. January 2014: 8.

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Coordinates: 43°36′16.69″N 3°52′51.74″E / 43.6046361°N 3.8810389°E / 43.6046361; 3.8810389

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