The Gare du Nord ("North Station") is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. It offers connections with several urban transportation lines (Paris Métro and RER). By the number of travellers (around 180 million per year) it is the second busiest railway station in Europe after Waterloo International Station in London, and one of the busiest in the world.
The Gare du Nord handles trains to Northern Fr...
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The Gare du Nord ("North Station") is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF mainline network for Paris, France. It offers connections with several urban transportation lines (Paris Métro and RER). By the number of travellers (around 180 million per year) it is the second busiest railway station in Europe after Waterloo International Station in London, and one of the busiest in the world.
The Gare du Nord handles trains to Northern France, as well as to various international destinations such as Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and United Kingdom. The station complex was designed by French architect Jacques Hittorff and built between 1861 and 1864.
The first Gare du Nord was built by Bridge and Roadway Engineers on the behalf of the Chemin de Fer du Nord company, which was notably managed by Léonce Reynaud, professor of architecture at the École Polytechnique. The station was inaugurated on 14 June 1846, the same year as the launch of the Paris—Amiens—Lille rail link....
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