Gare Montparnasse

Paris Montparnasse
Main station concourse
General information
Location	Place Raoul-Dautry Paris France
Coordinates	48°50′24″N 2°19′07″E / 48.84000°N 2.31861°E / 48.84000; 2.31861
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	LGV Atlantique Paris–Brest railway Paris–Granville railway
Tracks	28
Connections	at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe RATP Bus:  28   39   58   88   91   92   94   95   96  Noctilien: N01 N02 N12 N13 N61 N62 N63 N66 N145
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Parking station
Accessible	Yes[1]
Other information
Station code	87391003
Fare zone	1 (Public transport fares in the Île-de-France)
History
Opened	10 September 1840 (1840-09-10)
Passengers
2022	56,862,435[2]
Rank	4th in France
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Terminus TGV Saint-Pierre-des-Corps towards Tours Massy TGV towards Bordeaux Rennes towards Brest Le Mans towards Rennes Rennes Terminus Massy TGV towards Toulouse Vendôme-Villiers-sur-Loir TGV towards Poitiers Angers Saint-Laud towards Nantes Le Mans towards Nantes Niort towards La Rochelle Le Mans towards Saint-Malo Rennes towards Quimper Preceding station Ouigo Following station Terminus Grande Vitesse Massy TGV towards Rennes Massy TGV towards Nantes Saint-Pierre-des-Corps towards Bordeaux Bordeaux towards Toulouse Preceding station Transilien Following station Terminus Line N Vanves–Malakoff towards Dreux, Mantes-la-Jolie or Rambouillet Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station Versailles-Chantiers towards Le Mans 3.2 Terminus Preceding station TER Normandie Following station Terminus Krono Versailles-Chantiers towards Granville
Connections to other stations Preceding station Paris Métro Following station Vavin towards Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Line 4 transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe Saint-Placide towards Porte de Clignancourt Pasteur towards Charles de Gaulle–Étoile Line 6 transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe Edgar Quinet towards Nation Falguière towards Mairie d'Issy Line 12 transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe Notre-Dame-des-Champs towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers Gaîté towards Châtillon–Montrouge Line 13 transfer at Montparnasse–Bienvenüe Duroc towards Les Courtilles or Saint-Denis–Université

Gare Montparnasse (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ mɔ̃paʁnas]; Montparnasse station), officially Paris Montparnasse, is one of the seven large Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements.

The station opened in 1840, was rebuilt in 1852 and relocated in 1969 to a new station just south of the original location, where subsequently the prominent Montparnasse Tower was constructed. It is a central element to the Montparnasse area. The original station is noted for the Montparnasse derailment, where a steam train crashed through the station in 1895, an event captured in widely known photographs and reproduced in full scale in several locations.^[3]

The station serves intercity TGV trains to the west and southwest of France including Tours, Bordeaux, Rennes and Nantes, and suburban and regional services on the Transilien Paris – Montparnasse routes. There is also a metro station. Gare Montparnasse is the only mainline terminus in Paris not directly connected to the RER system, though the Montparnasse main line is connected to the RER at Versailles-Chantiers and the LGV Atlantique at Massy Palaiseau.