Gare de l'Est

Gare de l'Est
Terminus
Entrance
Location	Place du 11 novembre 1918 75010 Paris
Owned by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris-Strasbourg railway Paris–Mulhouse railway
Platforms	30
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz 1.5 kV DC (Underground RER Lines)
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Calais-Ville   Venice Simplon Orient Express London-Paris-Rome   Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof Terminus   Venice Simplon Orient Express Paris-Istanbul   Budapest Keleti pu. Vienna Westbahnhof   Venice Simplon Orient Express Venice-Budapest-London   Calais Ville Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof   Venice Simplon Orient Express Venice-Prague-London   Calais Ville Terminus ICE/TGV 82 Forbach towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf ICE/TGV 83 Strasbourg towards Munich Hbf TGV Reims Terminus TGV Reims toward Sedan TGV Champagne-Ardenne TGV toward Bar-le-Duc TGV Champagne-Ardenne TGV toward Nancy-Ville TGV Nancy-Ville toward Remiremont TGV Nancy-Ville toward St Dié des Vosges TGV Meuse TGV toward Metz-Ville TGV Metz-Ville toward Luxembourg TGV Saverne toward Strasbourg TGV Strasbourg toward Colmar Intercités Nogent-sur-Seine toward Belfort TER Champagne-Ardenne 2 Château-Thierry toward Saint-Dizier TER Picardie 10 Château-Thierry toward Bar-le-Duc Transilien Meaux toward Château-Thierry or La Ferté-Milon Transilien Chelles-Gournay toward Meaux Transilien Tournan toward Coulommiers Transilien Verneuil-l'Étang toward Provins Connections to other stations Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Château d'Eau toward Mairie de Montrouge Transfer at: Gare de l'Est Gare du Nord toward Porte de Clignancourt Jacques Bonsergent toward Place d'Italie Transfer at: Gare de l'Est Gare du Nord toward Bobigny - Pablo Picasso Poissonnière toward Villejuif - Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Transfer at: Gare de l'Est Château-Landon toward La Courneuve - 8 Mai 1945

Paris Est (or Gare de l'Est, "East station" in English) is one of the six large SNCF termini in Paris. It is in the 10th arrondissement, not far from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north-south axis of Paris created by Baron Haussmann. It is one of the largest and the oldest railway stations in Paris, the western terminus of the Paris–Strasbourg railway and the Paris–Mulhouse railway.

The Gare de l'Est was opened in 1849 by the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg (the Paris-Strasbourg Railway Company) under the name "Strasbourg platform." This platform corresponds today with the hall for main-line trains, and was designed by the architect François Duquesnay. It was renamed the "Gare de l'Est" in 1854, after the expansion of service to Mulhouse.

Renovations to the station followed in 1885 and 1900. In 1931 it was doubled in size, with the new part of the station built symmetrically with the old part. This transformation changed the surrounding neighborhood significantly.

At the top of the west façade of the Gare de l'Est is a statue by the sculptor Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire, representing the city of Strasbourg, while the east end of the station is crowned by a statue personifying Verdun, by Varenne. These two cities are important destinations serviced by Gare de l'Est.

On 4 October 1883, the Gare de l'Est saw the first departure of the Orient Express for Istanbul.

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