The Gare d'Austerlitz (Austerlitz Station) is one of the six large terminus railway station in Paris. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city It is situated on the left bank of the Seine in the southeastern part of the city, in the XIIIe arrondissement. The Seine (sɛn in French) is a slow flowing major River and commercial waterway within the regions of Île-de-France and Haute-Normandie It is the origin for the Paris-Bordeaux and Paris-Toulouse main lines, but since the introduction of the TGV Atlantique — served by the Gare Montparnasse — Austerlitz has lost most of its long-distance southwestern services. The TGV ( t rain à g rande v itesse, French for "high-speed train" is France 's High-speed rail service It is used by some 25 million passengers annually, about half the number passing through Montparnasse. This article is about passengers in commercial transportation for other uses see Passenger (disambiguation A passenger is a term broadly used
The Elipsos Train Hotels (Trenhotel) operated jointly between RENFE and SNCF operate from here to Madrid & Barcelona. Elipsos is a joint venture between the French national railroad SNCF, and the Spanish national railroad RENFE. They generally leave around 7pm local time and travel overnight arriving the next morning at their destinations.
The station takes its name from the Czech town Slavkov u Brna (German: Austerlitz). The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Slavkov u Brna ('slafkof 'ʊbr̩na i e Slavkov by Brno (Austerlitz is a country town east of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the superior numbers of the Third Coalition on December 2, 1805 there in the Battle of Austerlitz. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The War of the Third Coalition in 1805 saw the defeat of an alliance of Austria, Portugal, Russia, and others by France and its client states Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The Battle of Austerlitz (Bitva u Slavkova also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories effectively destroying the
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History
Gare d'Austerlitz was built in 1840 in order to serve first the Paris-Corbeil then the Paris-Orleans line. The station was originally called Gare d'Orleans. An 1865-1868 extension was designed by architect Pierre-Louis Renaud.
Future
A large project of rehabilitation of the Gare d'Austerlitz is on-going. Four new tracks are in construction and all the existent tracks are being covered. The interior will be rebuilt in order to receive the TGV Sud-Est and TGV Atlantique, partially transferred from the Gare de Lyon and Gare Montparnasse, both saturated. The SNCF TGV Sud-Est is a French TGV Train built by Alstom and operated by SNCF, the French national railway company The SNCF TGV Atlantique (TGV-A trains were built by Alsthom between 1988 - 1991. The Gare de Lyon is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France. All the workings are planned to be fully realized in 2020, involving a doubling of the station's activity.
Nearby station
- Gare de Lyon: on the opposite bank of the river Seine
Other lines serving this station
Gare d'Austerlitz also hosts stations on the Paris Métro and RER. The Gare de Lyon is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France. A metro station is a railway station for a Rapid transit system often known by names such as "metro" "underground" and "subway" The RER ( R éseau E xpress R égional, ɛʀøɛʀ "Regional Express Network" is a Rapid transit system in France serving
See also
- List of stations of the Paris RER
- List of stations of the Paris Métro
- Paris Montparnasse railway station
- Paris Saint Lazare railway station
- Gare de l'Est
- Gare de Lyon
- Gare du Nord
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Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. Paris Métro Line 10 is one of 16 metro lines in Paris, France. The RER C is one of the five lines in the RER Rapid transit system serving Paris, France RER A RER B RER C RER D RER E The following is a list of all stations of the Paris Métro, sorted by lines See also Gare de l'Est (Paris Métro The fr '''Gare de l'Est''' (" East station " in English) is one of the six large SNCF termini The Gare de Lyon is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France. The Gare du Nord ("Paris North station" is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF 's main line network in Paris.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic