Gare du Nord

Gare du Nord
Terminus
Main hall
Location	112 Rue de Maubeuge 75010 Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′51″N 2°21′19″E / 48.8809°N 2.3553°E / 48.8809; 2.3553
Owned by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Lille railway
Platforms	36 (two not in service)
History
Opened	1864
Rebuilt	1889 (expanded 1930s-1960s)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz 1.5 kV DC (Underground RER Lines)
Traffic
Passengers	190 million
Services Preceding station   Thalys   Following station Brussels-South toward Amsterdam Centraal Thalys Terminus Brussels-South toward Dortmund Hbf Preceding station   Eurostar   Following station Ashford International toward London St Pancras Eurostar Terminus Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Lille Flandres toward Lille-Flandres or Tourcoing TGV Terminus Lille Europe toward Calais Lille Europe toward Boulogne or Rang-du-Fliers Arras toward Dunkerque Arras toward Valenciennes Terminus Intercités Creil toward Boulogne-Ville Creil toward Cambrai or Maubeuge Terminus Transilien Saint-Denis toward Pontoise, Persan-Beaumont or Luzarches Terminus Transilien Aulnay-sous-Bois toward Crépy-en-Valois Terminus TER Picardie 6 Mitry-Claye toward Laon Creil toward Busigny TER Picardie 12 Terminus Terminus TER Picardie 19 Persan-Beaumont toward Beauvais Orry-la-Ville-Coye toward Amiens TER Picardie 22 Terminus Preceding station   RER   Following station La Plaine – Stade de France toward Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 – TGV or Mitry - Claye Châtelet – Les Halles toward Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Stade de France – Saint-Denis toward Creil Châtelet – Les Halles toward Melun or Malesherbes Connections to other stations Preceding station   RER   Following station Haussmann – Saint-Lazare Terminus Transfer at: Magenta Rosa Parks toward Chelles-Gournay or Tournan Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Barbès - Rochechouart toward Porte Dauphine Transfer at: La Chapelle Stalingrad toward Nation Gare de l'Est toward Mairie de Montrouge Transfer at: Gare du Nord Barbès – Rochechouart toward Porte de Clignancourt Gare de l'Est toward Place d'Italie Transfer at: Gare du Nord Stalingrad toward Bobigny - Pablo Picasso

Paris Nord (or the Gare du Nord, "North Station", pronounced: [ɡaʁ dy nɔːʁ]) is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. Near Gare de l'Est in the 10th arrondissement, the Gare du Nord offers connections with several urban transport lines, including Paris Métro, RER and buses. By the number of travellers, at around 214 million per year, it is the busiest railway station in Europe, the 24th busiest in the world and the busiest outside Japan.

The Gare du Nord is the station for trains to Northern France and to international destinations in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The station complex was designed by the French architect Jacques Hittorff and built between 1861 and 1864.

The first Gare du Nord was built by Bridge and Roadway Engineers on behalf of the Chemin de Fer du Nord company, which was managed by Léonce Reynaud, professor of architecture at the École Polytechnique. The station was inaugurated on 14 June 1846, the same year as the launch of the Paris–Amiens–Lille rail link. Since the station was found to be too small in size, it was partially demolished in 1860 to provide space for the current station. The original station's façade was removed and transferred to Lille.

...
Wikipedia