Montpellier-Saint-Roch station

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Gare de Montpellier Saint-Roch

Saint-Roch is the main railway station in Montpellier, France. The station was formerly known as Gare de Montpellier, but since March 2005 it has been named after Saint Roch, a native of the city who was born in the 14th century. Saint-Roch is one of the principal transport hubs of Languedoc-Roussillon, situated between the stations of Nîmes and Sète.

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The station building comprises a listed front face and a passenger building laid out on three levels. What was the bus station above the tracks is now a short-stay car park. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the station has been in the middle of an urban regeneration project involving old railway property called the Nouveau Saint-Roch.

Until December 2013, there was a EuroCity service between Montpellier, Barcelona and Cartagena in Spain. This service was cut when high-speed services were extended to Barcelona and Madrid. [1]

Destinations

Due to its position in the south of France and on the lines from Paris and Spain, many international trains stop in Montpellier.

From Montpellier train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Perpignan, Lille, Dijon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Besançon.

International services operate to Spain: Barcelona and Madrid.

Train services

The station is served by the following services: [2] [3]

See also

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References

  1. "15 December 2013 timetable change highlights". Today's Railways Europe (217): 8. January 2014.
  2. Timetable search, TER Occitanie
  3. Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.
Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Nîmes AVE Béziers
towards Madrid Atocha
Nîmes Béziers
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Nîmes
towards Paris-Lyon
TGV inOui
Sète
Sète
towards Béziers
Sète
towards Perpignan
Nîmes Terminus
Nîmes Sète
towards Toulouse
Sète
towards Bordeaux
Intercités
Nîmes
towards Marseille
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Nîmes
towards Paris-Lyon
Grande VitesseTerminus
Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station
Frontignan
towards Narbonne
6 Lunel
towards Marseille
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone
towards Narbonne
21 Saint-Aunès
Frontignan
towards Portbou
22 Lunel

Coordinates: 43°36′16.69″N3°52′51.74″E / 43.6046361°N 3.8810389°E / 43.6046361; 3.8810389