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Bordeaux-Saint-Jean or formerly Bordeaux-Midi is the main railway station in the French city of Bordeaux. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Bordeaux railway, and the western terminus of the Chemins de fer du Midi main line from Toulouse.

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Bordeaux Saint-Jean
SNCF and tram
Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean front
General information
Location	Rue Charles-Domercq, 33800 Bordeaux France
Coordinates	44.8256°N 0.5556°W / 44.8256; -0.5556
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Bordeaux railway Bordeaux–Sète railway Bordeaux–Irun railway
Tracks	15
Other information
Station code	87581009
History
Opened	1898
Passengers
11.5 million
Location
Bordeaux Saint-Jean Location within Bordeaux

The station building, situated in Bordeaux city centre at the end of the Cours de la Marne, appears from the front as three parts. The middle part is home to the station buffet and separates the arrivals and departures halls. All three parts are parallel to the platforms. The station buildings hide a large metallic trainshed, built by Gustave Eiffel

Since the arrival of the TGV the station has been renovated and upgraded with modern equipment, but has kept its original features.

The great hall has a large map of the network of the Midi on one of the walls and reminds passengers of the origins of the station.

The station is the main railway interchange in Aquitaine and links Bordeaux to Paris, Sète, Toulouse Matabiau and Spain.

History

The station was built in 1855 under the name Gare du Midi (Midi station) by the Chemins de fer du Midi, as the western terminus of its main line linking Bordeaux and Sète. It used to be less important than the former Bordeaux-Bastide station connecting Bordeaux with Paris on the right bank of the river Garonne.[1]

A long metal viaduct, built by Gustave Eiffel in 1860, allowed trains to cross the river and progressively Bordeaux-Saint-Jean became the Bordeaux main station, needing larger infrastructures.

The current station building opened in 1898. As well as Midi trains, trains from the Paris-Orléans and the État companies called there. The station was built by M Toudoire and S Choron. It includes a large metallic trainshed 56 m wide and covers 17,000 m², one of the largest in Europe, conceived Daidé&Pillé and constructed by G. Eiffel.[1]

Eiffel two-track bridge became a bottleneck, but it was replaced only in 2008 by a new four-track railway bridge next to it, to prepare the St-Pierre-des-Corps-Bordeaux high speed line opening in 2017.[2]

Train services

Current services

The following services call at Bordeaux-Saint-Jean as of January 2021:[3]

^ indicates not all trains stop there

• High speed services (TGV)
  • Paris - Bordeaux - Dax - Lourdes - Tarbes
  • Paris - Bordeaux - Dax - Bayonne - Biarritz - Hendaye
  • Paris - Bordeaux - Agen - Toulouse
  • Paris - Bordeaux - Arcachon
  • Paris - Tours - Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux
  • Lille - Aéroport CDG - Tours - Bordeaux
  • Strasbourg - Aéroport CDG - Tours - Bordeaux
• Discount high speed services (Ouigo TGV)
  • Paris Montparnesse - St-Pierre-des-corps (Tours)^ - Poitiers^ - Angoulême - Bordeaux - Agen - Montaubon - Toulouse
• Intercity services (Intercités)
  • Bordeaux - Toulouse - Montpellier - Marseille
  • Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
• local services (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
  • Bordeaux - Libourne - Angoulême
  • Bordeaux - Saintes - La Rochelle
  • Bordeaux - Libourne - Périgueux - Limoges
  • Bordeaux - Libourne - Périgueux - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Ussel
  • Bordeaux - Libourne - Bergerac - Sarlat-la-Canéda
  • Bordeaux - Arcachon
  • Bordeaux - Lesparre - Le Verdon
  • Bordeaux - Langon - Marmande - Agen
  • Bordeaux - Morcenx - Mont-de-Marsan
  • Bordeaux - Dax - Bayonne - Hendaye
  • Bordeaux - Dax - Pau - Tarbes

Projected services

• High speed service (Eurostar) London St Pancras - Bordeaux in 2022[4][5]
• Intercity service Bordeaux-Lyon in mid 2022 by a new private societary operator Railcoop[6]

Preceding station	SNCF			Following station
Terminus		Intercités		Marmande towards Marseille
Jonzac towards Nantes				Terminus
Preceding station	TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine			Following station
Terminus		13		Cenon towards Angoulême
Cenon towards La Rochelle		15		Terminus
Terminus		31		Cenon towards Limoges
		32		Cenon towards Ussel
		33		Cenon towards Sarlat-la-Canéda
		41.1U		Cenon towards Coutras
		41.2U		Pessac towards Arcachon
		42		Mérignac-Arlac towards Le Verdon
		43.1U		Cenon towards Saint-Mariens–Saint-Yzan
		43.2U		Bègles towards Langon
		44		Beautiran towards Agen
		45		Pessac towards Mont-de-Marsan
		51		Pessac towards Hendaye
		52		Pessac towards Tarbes

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Dax toward Hendaye		TGV		Libourne toward Paris-Montparnasse
Angoulême toward Lille-Flandres		TGV		Terminus
Dax toward Tarbes		TGV		Libourne toward Paris-Montparnasse
Agen toward Toulouse		TGV		Angoulême toward Paris-Montparnasse
Terminus		TGV		Angoulême toward Strasbourg
Facture-Biganos toward Arcachon		TGV		Angoulême toward Paris-Montparnasse

Twinning

In October 2019, Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean was twinned with London St Pancras International in England. The association was made in the hope that a high speed service could connect the two stations, and was announced at a ceremony headed by Claude Solard, Director General of SNCF.[5]

See also

• Gare de Bordeaux État (État)
• Gare de Bordeaux Passerelle (PO)
• Gare de Bordeaux Bastide (PO)
• Gare de Bordeaux Ravezies (ex. Saint-Louis)
• Gare de Bordeaux Brienne
• Gare de Bordeaux Bénauge (PO-Midi-Etat)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.

• Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean

На других языках

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[de] Bahnhof Bordeaux-Saint-Jean

Bordeaux-Saint-Jean ist ein Bahnhof in der französischen Stadt Bordeaux im Département Gironde. Mit seinen knapp 30.000 Reisenden täglich ist er der frequenzstärkste Bahnhof im Südwesten von Frankreich.

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- [en] Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station

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