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{{Short description|Terminal railway station in Paris, France}}
{{about|the railway station|Paris Métro station|Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Paris Austerlitz
| style              = SNCF
| image              = Paris - Gare d'Austerlitz (22592112743).jpg
| caption            = Paris-Austerlitz station
| address            = 85 Quai d'Austerlitz
| borough            = [[Paris]]
| country            = France
| coordinates        = {{coord|48|50|32|N|2|21|57|E|region:FR-IDF|display=inline,title}}
| line               = [[Paris–Bordeaux railway]]
| platform           = 
| tracks             = 25
| connections        = {{Plainlist|
* {{rint|paris|m}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|5}}{{nnbsp}}{{rint|paris|m|10}} at [[Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)|Metro station]]
* {{RATP Paris/transfers with logo|24|57|61|63|89|91|215}}
* {{RATP Paris/transfers night with logo|N02|N31|N133}}
}}
| accessible         = RER: No<ref name="idfm-ufr-map">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Plan pour les voyageurs en fauteuil roulant |trans-title=Map for travelers in wheelchairs |url=https://eu.ftp.opendatasoft.com/stif/PlansRegion/Plans/UFR.pdf |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=[[Île-de-France Mobilités]] |language=fr,en-gb}}</ref>
| architect          = Pierre-Louis Renaud
| code               = 87547000 / 87547026 (RER)
| zone               = [[Public transport fares in the Île-de-France|1]] (RER)
| opened             = {{Start date|1840|09|20|df=y}}
| passengers         = 19,515,861<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fréquentation en gares - SNCF Open Data |url=https://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/dataset/frequentation-gares/table/?q=87547000 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=ressources.data.sncf.com |language=fr}}</ref>
| pass_year          = 2022
| pass_rank          = 9th in France
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
   |system1=TER Centre-Val de Loire
     |line1=1.1|left1=Étampes
     |line2=2.10|left2=Dourdan
   |system3=Réseau Express Régional
     |line3=C|left3=Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame|right3=Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
   |system4=Ouigo
     |line4=OTC|right4=Juvisy|to-right4=Nantes
   |system5=SNCF
     |line5=Intercités|type5=Paris–Toulouse|right5=Les Aubrais
     |line6=Intercités de nuit|type6=Paris–Albi|right6=Les Aubrais
     |line7=Intercités de nuit|type7=Paris–Briançon|right7=Crest
     |line8=Intercités de nuit|type8=Paris–Hendaye|right8=Les Aubrais
     |line9=Intercités de nuit|type9=Paris–Latour-de-Carol|right9=Les Aubrais
    |line10=Intercités de nuit|type10=Paris–Nice|right10=Marseille-Blancarde
    |line11=Intercités de nuit|type11=Paris–Cerbère|right11=Les Aubrais
    |line12=Intercités de nuit|type12=Paris–Toulouse|right12=Les Aubrais
   }}
| other_services_header = Connections to other stations
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| mapframe           = 
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system=Paris Métro
    |line1=5|left1=Saint-Marcel|right1=Quai de la Rapée|transfer1=Gare d'Austerlitz
    |line2=10|left2=Jussieu|transfer2=Gare d'Austerlitz
  }}
| map_type           = Paris
| map_dot_label      = Paris-Austerlitz
| services_collapsible = yes
}}

'''Gare d'Austerlitz''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Austerlitz station''), officially '''Paris Austerlitz''', is one of the seven large [[List of Paris railway stations|Paris railway terminal stations]]. The station is located on the [[Rive Gauche|left bank]] of the [[Seine]] in the southeastern part of the city, in the [[13th arrondissement of Paris|13th arrondissement]]. It is the start of the [[Paris–Bordeaux railway]]; the line to [[Toulouse-Matabiau station|Toulouse]] is connected to this line. In 1997, the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Ministry of Culture]] designated the Gare d'Austerlitz a [[Monument historique|historical monument]]; it became the fifth large railway station in Paris to receive such a label, as currently only [[Gare Montparnasse|Montparnasse]] has not been attributed it.

Since the opening of the [[LGV Atlantique]]{{spnd}}ending at [[Gare Montparnasse]]{{spnd}}Austerlitz has lost most of its long-distance southwestern services. It is used by some 30 million passengers annually, about half the number passing through Montparnasse. The [[Elipsos]] Train Hotels (Trenhotel) operated jointly by [[Renfe]] and [[SNCF]] operated from here to [[Madrid]] and [[Barcelona]] from 2001 to 2013. They would leave in the early evening and arrive next morning. With the start of a direct TGV from Paris to Barcelona, on 15 December 2013, the Trenhotel services were discontinued.<ref name="guardian-sncf">{{Cite news |last=Choat |first=Isabel |date=2016-05-10 |title=France waves goodbye to sleeper trains |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/may/10/france-waves-goodbye-to-sleeper-trains |access-date=2018-11-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name="seat61">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Mark |title=How to travel by train from London to Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Seville... |url=https://www.seat61.com/Spain.htm#London_to_Madrid |access-date=2018-11-30 |website=www.seat61.com}}</ref>

==History==
===1840 station===
[[File:Illustrirte Zeitung (1843) 04 004 3 Der Bahnhof von Paris.PNG|thumb|left|Gare d'Orléans in 1843.]]
The Gare d'Austerlitz was the main station in Paris for the Paris-Orléans (PO) company and was originally called the Gare d'Orléans station. The station is near the Quai d'Austerlitz, and the bridge that gives it its name. These were named after the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] town once known as Austerlitz (today [[Slavkov u Brna]]). [[Napoleon I]] defeated the [[Third Coalition]] there on 2 December 1805 at the [[Battle of Austerlitz]].

Built from 1838, the first platform was built slightly back from the current location of the station by the architect Félix-Emmanuel Callet and began service on 20 September 1840,<ref name="PAR01">{{Cite web |last=Paris |first=Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de |title=Gare d'Austerlitz–Office de tourisme Paris |url=https://www.parisinfo.com/transports/73402/Gare-d-Austerlitz |access-date=2019-06-14 |website=www.parisinfo.com |language=fr}}</ref> on the occasion of the opening of the Paris-Corbeil line, which was extended to Orléans in May 1843. Part of the rue Poliveau was cut by this construction, and another part, located near the [[Seine]], took the name of rue Jouffroy.

The first expansion took place in 1846.

===1867 station===
[[File:Chemin de fer dOrleans. Gare de Paris - Les Travaux Publics de la France (2).jpg|thumb|left|Gare d'Austerlitz in 1883.]]
Demolished, the station was rebuilt, from 1862 to 1869,<ref name=PAR01/> by Pierre-Louis Renaud (1819–1897), chief architect of the Paris-Orléans company.<ref name="Hist">{{Base Mérimée|PA75130001|Gare d'Austerlitz}}</ref> It included a large hall made from iron, {{convert|51.25|m|ftin}} wide and {{convert|280|m|ft}} long (the second largest in France after Bordeaux),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Batiactu |date=2012-10-26 |title=La gare d'Austerlitz se transformera d'ici à 2020 (diaporama) |url=https://www.batiactu.com/edito/gare-austerlitz-se-transformera-ici-a-2020-diaporama-33442.php |access-date=2019-06-14 |website=Batiactu |language=fr}}</ref> designed by Ferdinand Mathieu and carried out by the construction workshops of [[Schneider-Creusot|Schneider & Co]] at [[Le Creusot]] and [[Chalon-sur-Saône]].<ref name=Hist/> This vast space was also used as a workshop for making [[gas balloon]]s, during the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]] in 1870. Also built was the departure pavilion to the north, the perpendicular building of the restaurant [[buffet]], the arrival pavilion to the south, as well as the Paris-Orléans railway administration building at the west end of the hall, on Place Valhubert, with a ''Belle Époque'' style [[façade]]. The administrative building was an extension of the iron hall, whose [[pediment]] was invisible from Place Valhubert. This arrangement, as well as the choice of side entrances, was unusual for a terminal station.

===Evolution since 1900===
[[File:Paris Gare d'Austerlitz - Gare d'Orsay line 1900.png|thumb|The new railway line extension opened in 1900, linking Gare d'Austerlitz and Gare d'Orsay]]
[[File:P1150806 Paris V-XIII place Valhubert rwk.jpg|thumb|right|Place Valhubert and administrative building at the Gare d'Austerlitz.]]
[[File:Voies Austerlitz p1040510.jpg|thumb|left|The tracks to Gare d'Austerlitz (seen here with a suburban train) run south of the ''[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]]''.]] In 1900, the Paris-Orléans company extended its railway line towards the centre of the capital, with the [[Gare d'Orsay]] becoming the new head of line, when it entered service on 28 May on the occasion of the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Exposition Universelle]]. The design was by architect Victor Laloux, and the construction by the contractor Léon Chagnaud. In 1906, the great hall of Gare d'Austerlitz was literally pierced through its width by the Metro 5 line by an extension of a viaduct crossing the Seine. An elevated station was located in the hall.

In 1910, during the [[1910 Great Flood of Paris|great flood of the Seine]], the station was flooded and rail traffic completely interrupted from 31 January to 9 February. During this period, the departure and arrival of the trains were terminated at Gare de Juvisy.

Since 1926, the Paris-Vierzon line was electrified to 1500&nbsp;V, so no more steam engines entered Austerlitz. It was the first station in Paris to no longer receive a steam train.

In 1939, the Gare d'Orsay saw its function limited to suburban traffic, and the Gare d'Austerlitz once again became a terminus station for the main lines. In 1979, a {{convert|1|km|mi|adj=on}} extension to the Orsay line was built in a tunnel along the bank of the Seine, connecting the line to the [[Gare des Invalides]], the terminus of the Rive Gauche line to [[Versailles-Château-Rive Gauche station|Versailles]]. This new [[Transversal Rive Gauche]] line is today the central section of [[RER C|Line C]] of the Parisian [[commuter rail]] system, the [[Réseau Express Régional]] (RER).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pigenet |first=Michel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zp3itic8914C&dq=RER+ligne+C+1979+invalides+gare+d%27orsay&pg=PA150 |title=Mémoires du travail à Paris: faubourg des métallos, Austerlitz-Salpêtrière, Renault-Billancourt |date=2008 |publisher=creaphis editions |isbn=978-2-35428-014-7 |page=150 |language=fr |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Janssoone · |first=Didier |title=Les 40 Ans de la Ligne C du RER 1979-2019 (La Vie du Rail) |date=2019 |publisher=Éditions La Vie Du Rail |location=Paris}}</ref>

On 28 February 1997, parts of the Gare d'Austerlitz were classified as [[monuments historiques]], especially its facades and glass roof.<ref name=PAR01/><ref name=Hist/>

===Future===
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A large refurbishment project of the Paris Austerlitz is currently under way. Four new platforms are being constructed and all the existing tracks are being refurbished. The interior will be rebuilt in order to handle [[LGV Sud-Est]] and [[LGV Atlantique]] services, partially transferred from the [[Gare de Lyon]] and [[Gare Montparnasse]], both of which are at maximum capacity. All the work is planned to be completed by 2020,{{Update needed|date=June 2025}} and will double the activity at the station.

==Train services==
The following services currently call at Paris-Austerlitz:{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
*intercity services (''Intercités'') Paris–Orléans
*intercity services (''Intercités'') Paris–Orléans–Blois–Tours
*intercity services (''Intercités'') Paris–Orléans–Vierzon–Bourges
*intercity services (''Intercités'') Paris–Vierzon–Limoges–Brive–Toulouse
*night services (''Intercités de Nuit'') Paris–Toulouse–Latour-de-Carol
*night services (''Intercités de Nuit'') Paris–Orléans–Cerbère/Albi
*night services (''Intercités de Nuit'') Paris–Gap–Briançon

Gare d'Austerlitz also hosts stations on the [[Paris Métro]] (lines 5 and 10, see [[Gare d'Austerlitz (Paris Métro)]]) and [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]].

==See also==
*[[List of Paris railway stations]]
*[[List of stations of the Paris RER]]
*[[List of stations of the Paris Métro]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D'Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Gare de Paris-Austerlitz|Gare d'Austerlitz}}
* {{Transilien website|8754702}}
* {{GaresConnexions website}}

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