Gare d'Orsay | |||||
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![]() 1909 postcard: "La Gare d'Orleans (the Gare d'Orsay) et Quai d'Orsay" | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Quai d'Orsay/Rue de Lille 75343 Paris, France | ||||
Coordinates | 48°51′37″N 2°19′31″E / 48.860283°N 2.325392°E | ||||
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Line(s) | Paris–Bordeaux railway | ||||
Tracks | 16 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Architect | Victor Laloux | ||||
Architectural style | Beaux-Arts | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1900 | ||||
Closed | 1939 | ||||
Previous names | Gare d'Orleans (Quai d'Orsay) | ||||
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1986 | Reopened as the Musée d'Orsay | ||||
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Gare d'Orsay is a former Paris railway station and hotel, built in 1900 to designs by Victor Laloux, Lucien Magne and Émile Bénard; it served as a terminus for the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (Paris–Orléans Railway). It was the first electrified urban terminal station in the world, opened 28 May 1900, in time for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.[1] After closure as a station, it reopened in December 1986 as the Musée d'Orsay, an art museum. The museum is currently served by the RER station of the same name.
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