General Information
| Completion: | 1857 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) station |
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Location
| Location: |
Carcassonne, Aude (11), Occitanie, France |
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| Address: | 1, bd Maréchal Joffre |
| Coordinates: | 43° 13' 5" N 2° 21' 7" E |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Occitanie, France, on the Bordeaux–Sète and Carcassonne–Rivesaltes lines. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by SNCF.
History
The station built in 1857 by the Railway Company du Midi is located to the north of the ville basse near the Canal du Midi and extended when the Compagnie du Midi opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876, which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.
Architecture
The main building is in the classical style and flanked by two wings and a clock. The station hall is decorated with a fresco (8m x 3m) installed in 1995 the painter Jean Camberoque representing the land of the Aude. The Station Buffet features a mural painted in 1996 representing the actor Philippe Noiret waiting for the train on the station platform.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Carcassonne station" and modified on June 3, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20015263 - Published on:
24/02/2005 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
