List of busiest railway stations in France

Last updated October 20, 2025

This is a list of the busiest railway stations in France, with all stations being considered as major stations or hubs, and are also classified as either Category A or Category B stations.

Busiest railway stations in France (2022). Source:^[1]
Rank	Station	Annual journeys (millions) (2022)	Location	Region
1	Paris Gare du Nord	211.7^[1]	Paris	Île-de-France
2	Paris Saint-Lazare	102.9	Paris	Île-de-France
3	Paris Gare de Lyon	102.0	Paris	Île-de-France
4	Paris Montparnasse	56.9	Paris	Île-de-France
5	Paris Est	36.8	Paris	Île-de-France
6	Lyon Part Dieu	36.6	Lyon	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
7	La Defense	35.6	La Defense	Île-de-France
8	Juvisy-sur-Orge	33.3	Juvisy-sur-Orge	Île-de-France
9	Magenta	33.0	Paris	Île-de-France
10	Haussman Saint-Lazare	32.6	Paris	Île-de-France
11	Saint-Denis	26.9	Saint-Denis	Île-de-France
12	Bibliothèque François Mitterrand	23.0	Paris	Île-de-France
13	Saint Michel-Notre Dame	22.8	Paris	Île-de-France
14	Aulnay-sous-Bois	22.7	Aulnay-sous-Bois	Île-de-France
15	Lille Flandres	22.0	Lille	Hauts-de-France
16	Ermont - Eaubonne	21.7	Ermont	Île-de-France
17	Strasbourg-Ville	21.5	Strasbourg	Grand Est
18	Bordeaux Saint-Jean	21.4	Bordeaux	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
19	Paris Austerlitz	19.5	Paris	Île-de-France
20	Versailles Chantiers	18.9	Versailles	Île-de-France
21	Le Bourget	18.3	Le Bourget	Île-de-France
22	Asnières-sur-Seine	17.6	Asnières-sur-Seine	Île-de-France
23	Marseille Saint-Charles	16.9	Marseille	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
24	Val de Fontenay	16.5	Fontenay-sous-Bois	Île-de-France
25	Argenteuil	16.0	Argenteuil	Île-de-France
26	Houilles - Carrières-sur-Seine	15.9	Paris	Île-de-France
27	Noisy-le-Sec	15.7	Noisy-le-Sec	Île-de-France
28	Nantes	15.5	Nantes	Pays de la Loire
29	Épinay - Villetaneuse	15.3	Épinay-sur-Seine	Île-de-France
30	Garges - Sarcelles	14.8	Garges-lès-Gonesse	Île-de-France
31	Villeneuve - Saint-Georges	14.8	Villeneuve-Saint-Georges	Île-de-France
32	Bondy	14.6	Bondy	Île-de-France
33	Rennes	13.9	Rennes	Brittany
34	Melun	13.1	Melun	Île-de-France
35	La Plaine Stade de France	13.0	Saint-Denis	Île-de-France
36	Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV	13.0	Roissy-en-France	Île-de-France
37	Toulouse Matabiau	12.9	Toulouse	Occitania
38	Cergy Prefecture	12.7	Cergy	Île-de-France
39	La Courneuve–Aubervilliers	12.0	La Courneuve	Île-de-France
40	Rosa Parks	12.0	Paris	Île-de-France
41	Maisons-Alfort-Alfortville	11.3	Maisons-Alfort	Île-de-France
42	Clichy - Levallois	11.2	Levallois-Perret	Île-de-France
43	Poissy	11.1	Poissy	Île-de-France
44	Choisy-le-Roi	10.9	Choisy-le-Roi	Île-de-France
45	Bécon-les-Bruyères	10.8	Paris	Île-de-France
46	Pierrefitte - Stains	10.6	Pierrefitte-sur-Seine	Île-de-France
47	Sartrouville	10.0	Sartrouville	Île-de-France
48	Villiers-le-Bel– Gonesse–Arnouville	9.9	Arnouville	Île-de-France
49	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines–Montigny-le-Bretonneux	9.6	Montigny-le-Bretonneux	Île-de-France
50	Nice-Ville	9.4	Nice	Provence-Alpes -Côte d'Azur

References

1 2 "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF Open Data (in French). 30 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF Open Data (in French). 30 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-29.

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