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Chartres station

Coordinates: 48°26′54″N 1°28′52″E / 48.44833°N 1.48111°E / 48.44833; 1.48111
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Chartres
General information
Location8, place Pierre-Semard
28000 Chartres
Eure-et-Loir
France
Elevation143 m
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Paris-Brest railway
Platforms4
Tracks7
Construction
ArchitectHenri Pacon
Other information
Station code87394007
History
Opened12 July 1849
Passengers
20152 765 888
Services
Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station
Voves
towards Tours
2.9 Terminus
Terminus 3.1 Lucé
Amilly-Ouerray
towards Le Mans
3.2 La Villette-Saint-Prest
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Versailles-Chantiers Train Classique Le Mans
towards Nantes

Chartres station (French: Gare de Chartres) is a railway station serving the town of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department and Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway. The station is part of the SNCF rail network and is served by TER Centre-Val de Loire and Ouigo trains.

History

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The original station was built in 1849.

Current building

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The station building in 2012.

The station has been renovated five times since 1870.

In 1933, the current building was constructed under the authority of Raoul Dautry, the directeur général of the Chemins de fer de l'État. It was designed by the French architect Henri Pacon.

Since 2018, the station has been at the centre of a vast renewal of the city's urban core.[1] The project is set to be finished by 2030.

References

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  1. ^ "Le Pôle gare". www.chartres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-30.

48°26′54″N 1°28′52″E / 48.44833°N 1.48111°E / 48.44833; 1.48111