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Gare de l'Est

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The Gare de l'Est (pronounced [ɡaʁ lɛst]; English: "Station of the East" or "East station"), officially Paris-Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, not far southeast from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north–south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann.

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Paris-Est SNCF TGV TER Transilien
Terminus
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Main entrance
General information
LocationPlace du 11 novembre 1918
75010 Paris
France
Owned bySNCF
Line(s)Paris–Strasbourg railway
Paris–Mulhouse railway
Platforms30
Construction
ArchitectFrançois-Alexandre Duquesney
Other information
Station code87113001
IATA codeXHP
Fare zone1
History
Opened5 July 1849
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz
1.5 kV DC (underground RER lines)
Passengers
202021 987 629 [1]
Rank5th in France
Services
Preceding station Venice-Simplon Orient Express Following station
Calais-Ville London–Paris–Rome Innsbruck
towards Rome
Terminus Paris–Istanbul Budapest Keleti
towards Istanbul
Vienna Westbahnhof
towards Venice
Venice–Budapest–London Calais-Ville
Frankfurt
towards Venice
Venice–Prague–London
Preceding station Deutsche_Bahn_AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
Forbach ICE/TGV 82 Terminus
Terminus ICE/TGV 83 Strasbourg
towards München Hbf
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus TGV inOui
Reims
Terminus
Reims
towards Sedan
Champagne-Ardenne TGV
towards Bar-le-Duc, Nancy-Ville, Remiremont, St Dié des Vosges, Metz-Ville, Luxembourg, Strasbourg-Ville or Colmar (Haut-Rhin)
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Terminus Grande Vitesse Metz
towards Strasbourg
Preceding station Transilien Transilien Following station
Terminus Line P Meaux
Chelles-Gournay
towards Meaux
Tournan
towards Coulommiers
Verneuil-l'Étang
towards Provins
Preceding station TER Grand Est Following station
Terminus C02 La Ferté-sous-Jouarre
towards Strasbourg or Saint-Dizier
C04 Longueville
towards Mulhouse or Dijon
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Paris Métro Paris Métro Following station
Château d'Eau Line 4
transfer at Gare de l'Est
Gare du Nord
Jacques Bonsergent Line 5
transfer at Gare de l'Est
Gare du Nord
Poissonnière Line 7
transfer at Gare de l'Est
Château-Landon
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Opened in 1849, it is currently the fifth-busiest of the six main railway stations in Paris before the Gare d'Austerlitz. The Gare de l'Est is the western terminus of the Paris–Strasbourg railway and Paris–Mulhouse railway which then proceeds to Basel, Switzerland.