{{Short description|Railway station in Occitanie, France}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox station | name = Carcassonne | style = SNCF | symbol_location = fr | symbol = rail | image = Carcassonne - Façade de la gare.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Gare de Carcassonne | address = 1 Avenue Maréchal Joffre <br /> 11000 [[Carcassonne]] France | line = [[Bordeaux–Sète railway]] <br /> Carcassonne–Rivesaltes | structure = | platform = | depth = | levels = | tracks = | parking = | bicycle = | baggage_check = | opened = 22 April 1857 | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | accessible = | code = {{Uic8}} | owned = [[Réseau Ferré de France|RFF]] / [[SNCF]] | zone = | smartcardname = | smartcardstatus = | former = | passengers = 1,248,583<ref name=freq>{{Cite web |title=Fréquentation en gares - SNCF Open Data |url=https://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/dataset/frequentation-gares/table/?q={{Uic8}} |access-date=11 March 2026 |website=ressources.data.sncf.com |language=fr}}</ref> | pass_year = 2024 | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services_collapsible = yes | services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=SNCF |line1=TGV inOui|type1=Toulouse–Lyon|left1=Toulouse|right1=Narbonne |line11=Intercités|type11=Bordeaux–Marseille|left11=Toulouse|right11=Narbonne |line12=Intercités de nuit|type12=Paris–Cerbère|left12=Castelnaudary|right12=Lézignan-Corbières |system21=TER Occitanie |line21=10|left21=Bram|right21=Lézignan-Corbières |line22=25|left22=Lézignan-Corbières|right22=Bram |line23=29|right23=Couffoulens-Leuc }} | coordinates = {{coord|43.218182|2.351826|display=inline}} }}
'''Carcassonne''' is a railway station in [[Carcassonne]], [[Occitania (administrative region)|Occitanie]], France, on the [[Bordeaux–Sète railway|Bordeaux–Sète]] and Carcassonne–Rivesaltes lines. The station is served by [[TGV]], [[Intercités]] and [[Transport express régional|TER]] services operated by [[SNCF]].
==History== The station built in 1857 by the Railway Company du Midi is located to the north of the ville basse near the [[Canal du Midi]] and extended when the Compagnie du Midi<ref name="FranceLois1864">France, ''Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise'', Imprimerie nationale, 1864, pp408 [https://books.google.com/books?id=aS0tAAAAYAAJ archive] (15 January 2012).</ref> opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876,<ref name="Pourageaux2005p76">Guillaume Pourageaux, article Rail Passion no 97, 2005, pp76</ref> which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.<ref name="Pourageaux2005p76"/>
==Architecture== The main building is in the [[Classical architecture|classical]] style and flanked by two wings and a clock. The station hall is decorated with a fresco (8m x 3m) installed in 1995 the painter [[Jean Camberoque]] representing the land of the Aude. The Station Buffet features a mural painted in 1996 representing the actor [[Philippe Noiret]] waiting for the train on the station platform.
==Train services== The following services currently call at Carcassonne:<ref>[https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/COCT/2021-11/A3%20CARTE%20R%C3%89GION%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rique_0.pdf Le réseau régional de transport public], TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.</ref> *High speed services (''TGV'') Toulouse–Montpellier–Lyon *Intercity services (''Intercités'') Bordeaux–Toulouse–Montpellier–Marseille *Night services (''Intercités'') Paris–Narbonne–Cerbère *Regional service (TER Occitanie) Toulouse–Carcassonne–Narbonne *Local service (TER Occitanie) Carcassonne–Limoux
==Gallery== <gallery widths=180> File:Gare de Carcassonne 2.JPG|A TGV service to Eastern France File:Gare de Carcassonne 1.JPG|A TER train to Quillan waiting in the station File:Gare de Carcassonne 3.JPG|A Train passing through the station </gallery>
==References== {{Commons category|Gare de Carcassonne}} {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{GaresConnexions website}} *[https://m.ter.sncf.com/occitanie/se-deplacer/fiches-horaires Timetable search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611211305/https://m.ter.sncf.com/occitanie/se-deplacer/fiches-horaires |date=11 June 2022 }}, TER Occitanie
{{Coord|43|13|5|N|2|21|7|E|type:railwaystation_region:FR|display=title}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carcassonne}} [[Category:Railway stations in Aude]] [[Category:Railway stations in France opened in 1857]]
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