Gare de Tours
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Location | Place du Général-Leclerc, Tours France |
Coordinates | 47°23′23″N 0°41′37″E / 47.38972°N 0.69361°ECoordinates: 47°23′23″N 0°41′37″E / 47.38972°N 0.69361°E |
Owned by | RFF |
Operated by | SNCF |
Line(s) | TER, Corail |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 3 |
Construction | |
Architect | Victor Laloux |
Other information | |
Station code | IATA: XJT |
Gare de Tours is a railway station serving the city Tours, Indre-et-Loire department, western France. It is situated on the Paris–Bordeaux railway, the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway, and the non-electrified Tours–Le Mans railway. The Gare de Tours is a terminus; most TGV trains only serve the nearby Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps.
On 28 December 1984, the railway station was classified as monument historique.
The architect of the 1898 station was Victor Laloux, with four allegorical limestone statues of cities by Jean Antoine Injalbert (Bordeaux and Toulouse) and Jean-Baptiste Hugues (Limoges and Nantes).
The following services currently call at Tours: