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The Gare Montparnasse is a train station located in the Montparnasse area, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The station is used for the trains to Brittany, and the TGV to Tours, Bordeaux. There is also a metro station. There is a high-speed travelator on trial.
1 History
- The station opened in 1840.
- A second new station was built between 1848 and 1852.
- During the 1960s, a newer station integrated into a complex of office buildings was built. In 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i, the old station was torn down (and the Tour MontparnasseTour Montparnasse Montparnasse Tower is a skyscraper at 33, avenue du Maine, in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France, the only skyscraper office building in Paris proper. Built on top of the Paris Metro station " Montparnasse-Bienvenue", the 58 floors o built on its spot).
- An extension was built in 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo to host the TGV Atlantique.
The station is famous for a few incidents:
- the derailment on October 22October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. Events 362 The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch is destroyed in a mysterious fire. 1383 The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A peri, 1895Events January events January 5 Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. February events February 14 First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnes of the Granville-Paris Express that overran the buffer stop. The engine careened across almost 100 feet (30 meters) of the station concourse, crashed through a two-foot thick wall, shot across a terrace and sailed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 30 feet (10 meters) below where it stood on its nose.
- The old train station is also the place where, on August 25, 1944, the GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east military governor of Paris, General Von CholtitzGeneral der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz ( November 9, 1894, Schloss Wiese, Silesia November 4, 1966, Baden-Baden) was the German military governor of Paris during the closing days of the German occupation of that city during World War II. In World Wa, surrendered his garrison to the French General Philippe Leclerc after disobeying an insane Adolf Hitler's direct order to destroy the city.
2 Regional lines serving this station
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Dreux
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Mantes-la-Jolie
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Montfort l'Amaury Me
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Plaisir Grignon
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Rambouillet
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Sèvres Rive Gauche
- SNCF Gare Montparnasse - Versailles-Chantiers
Adjacent metro station:
Nearby station:
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