La Rochelle station

Gare de La Rochelle is the main railway station serving La Rochelle. The station building, which includes a 45-metre-tall clock tower, was built in 1922 by Pierre Esquié for the CF de l'Etat replacing the older building. The railway station is well known for the "Danseurs au ballon" painted on the ceiling by Emile Sourice and Nicus Georget, 2 local artists. The station was renovated by Franck Beck and Luc Mouret in the early 1990s for the arrival of the TGV Atlantique.

Gare de La Rochelle in the early 20th century.

La Rochelle is linked to Poitiers, Tours, Bordeaux and Paris as well as regional (TER) services to other towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, such as Angoulême and Niort. There are both TGV and TER rail services serving La Rochelle station.

The following train services serve the station as of January 2018:[1]

  • intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
TGVTerminus
Luçon
toward Nantes
Intercités
Châtelaillon
toward Bordeaux
TerminusTER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 5P
La Jarrie
toward Poitiers
TerminusTER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 6P
Châtelaillon
toward Bordeaux
La Rochelle-Porte Dauphine
Terminus
TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine 11P
Aytré-Plage
toward Rochefort
Luçon
toward Nantes
TER Pays de la Loire 9Terminus

References
  1. TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine Archived 2019-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Fiches horaires, accessed 30 January 2018.


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