Paris Gare de l'Est
N 48° 52.596 E 002° 21.504
31U E 452956 N 5413936
[FR] La gare de l'Est est l'une des six grandes gares terminus du réseau de la SNCF à Paris. [EN] The Gare de l'Est is one of 6 large terminus stations serving the city of Paris.
Waymark Code: WM377A
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 02/21/2008
Views: 143
[FR] La gare de l'Est est ouverte en 1849 par la Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg. Ses plans sont dus à l'architecte François-Alexandre Duquesney et à l'ingénieur Pierre Cabanel de Sermet ; les travaux commencent en 1847, et Napoléon III l'inaugure en 1850.
Le 4 octobre 1883, la gare de l'Est est le théâtre du départ du premier Orient Express à destination de Constantinople.
La SNCF a rénové la gare de l'Est à hauteur de 60 millions d'euros de budget à l'occasion de l'arrivée de la grande vitesse ferroviaire.
[EN] The Gare de l'Est ("East station" in English) is in the Xe 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 Gare de l'Est was opened in 1849 by the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg (the Paris-Strasbourg Railway Company) and was designed by the architect François Duquesney.
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.
SNCF has started service on LGV Est Europeen from Gare de l'Est on 10 June 2007, with TGV and ICE service to north-eastern France, southern Germany and Switzerland.
(excerpts from wikipedia).
Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: Yes
Is the station/depot open to the public?: Yes
If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?: It is used for railroad purposes?!
What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Railway lines to the east, as Germany
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