Main entrance to the Gare du Nord

The Gare du Nord (English: North Station) is one of the six large terminus stations of the SNCF's main line network in Paris. It offers connections with several urban transportation lines (Paris Métro and RER). By number of travellers (around 180 million per year), it is the busiest SNCF station, and probably the third busiest railway station in the world. View of Gare du Nord from rue de Dunkerque, Paris. ... View of Gare du Nord from rue de Dunkerque, Paris. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ... An SNCF multiple unit. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Floating not submerging) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Line 5s crossing of the Seine on the Austerlitz viaduct. ... The RER (Réseau Express Régional, IPA , Regional Express Network) is an urban rail network in the ÃŽle-de-France région, notably Paris and its agglomeration. ...

History

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 of the inauguration of the Paris—Amiens—Lille line. Since it turned out to be too small, it was partially demolished in 1860 to provide space for the current station, the former station's façade was removed and placed in Lille. For the Technical Symposium of NITK Surathkal Engineer , see Engineer (Technical Fest). ... The Chemin de Fer du Nord, often abbreviated to CF du Nord, was an early French railway company. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Logo The Arms of the École Polytechnique The cadets of Polytechnique rushed to the defense of Paris against the foreign armies in 1814. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Floating not submerging) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Amiens is a city and commune in the north of France, 120 km north of Paris. ... For other uses, see Lille (disambiguation). ...

The president of Chemin de Fer du Nord, James Mayer de Rothschild, chose French architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff. Construction lasted from May 1861 to December 1865, but the new station opened for service while still under construction in 1864. The façade was designed around a triumphal arch and used many slabs of stone. It is very ornate, with 23 statues representing the cities served by the company. The most majestic statues, which crown the building, illustrate international destinations (Paris, London, Berlin, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Vienna, Brussels) while national destinations correspond with more modest statues on the façade. The building has the usual U-shape of a terminus station. The main support beam is made out of cast iron. The support pillars inside of the station were made in Scotland, the only country where there was a foundry that was sufficiently large. James Mayer Rothschild. ... Jacques Ignace Hittorff (August 20, 1792 - March 25, 1867), French architect, was born at Cologne. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Motto: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms) Semper invicta (Always invincible) Coordinates: Country Poland Voivodeship Masovia Powiat city county Gmina Warszawa Districts 18 boroughs City Rights turn of the 13th century Government  - Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz (PO) Area  - City 516. ... Nickname: Mokum Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon (alloys with less carbon are carbon steel by definition). ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots3 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  -  First Minister Jack McConnell... A foundry is a factory which produces castings of metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous. ...

Inside the Gare du Nord

Like other Parisian railway stations, Gare du Nord rapidly became too small to deal with the increase in railway traffic. In 1884, engineers were able to add five supplementary tracks. The interior was completely rebuilt in 1889 and an extension was built on the eastern side to serve suburban train lines. There were further expansions between the 1930s and the 1960s. Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 617 KB)inside Gare du Nord, 2004-09-14. ... Download high resolution version (1760x1168, 617 KB)inside Gare du Nord, 2004-09-14. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Beginning in 1906 and 1908, the station was served by the Paris Métro: Line 4, which crosses Paris from north to south, and the terminus of Line 5, which extended to Gare de Lyon. In the 1930s, Line 5 was extended towards the suburbs of Pantin and Bobigny. Line 2 (station La Chapelle) is linked to the Gare du Nord via an underground tunnel. One enters the Métro station and, instead of climbing the stairs that lead to the elevated métro line (not all of Line 2 is elevated) descends several flights of stairs, before traversing a long, arched circular hallway to enter the gare. Line 5s crossing of the Seine on the Austerlitz viaduct. ... Paris Métro Line 4 is the second busiest metro line serving Paris, France. ... Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. ... Inside the Gare de Lyon. ... Pantin is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. ... Bobigny is a town and commune of France, in the suburbs is of Paris, chief town of the arrondissement of the Seine-Saint-Denis. ... A line 2 train at Stalingrad Paris Métro Line 2 was the second metro line built in Paris, France. ...

Finally, in 1994, the arrival of Eurostar trains imposed a further reorganisation of the tracks: A Eurostar on the CTRL going through the Medway Towns Eurostar is a train service with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Brussel Zuid station). ...

• Platforms 1 and 2: Service platforms, not open to the public.
• Platforms 3 to 6: Terminus of the London Eurostar via the Channel Tunnel.
• Platforms 7 and 8: Thalys platforms for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
• Platforms 9 to 29: TGV North, Main Line trains, then the Picard TER
• Platforms 30 to 40: Suburban station
• In the basement, platforms 41 to 44: RER station

There is a further construction project to build a connecting hallway between Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est, which is projected to open around the time when the new LGV Est begins serving the station. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A Eurostar on the CTRL going through the Medway Towns Eurostar is a train service with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Brussel Zuid station). ... Map of the Channel Tunnel. ... Thalys PBKA Thalys is a high-speed train network built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. ... For the group of heart conditions referred to as TGV, see transposition of the great vessels. ... (Region flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Amiens Regional President Claude Gewerc (PS) (since 2004) Departments Aisne Oise Somme Arrondissements 13 Cantons 129 Communes 2,292 Statistics Land area1 19,399 km² Population (Ranked 12th)  - January 1, 2006 est. ... The RER (Réseau Express Régional, IPA , Regional Express Network) is an urban rail network in the ÃŽle-de-France région, notably Paris and its agglomeration. ... An RER train at Gare de lEst. ... The LGV Est européenne (sometimes referred to as TGV Est, or occasionally as TGV East in English) is an extension to the French high-speed TGV network, connecting Paris and Strasbourg. ...

2007 riot

An "ordinary" ticket inspection at "Gare du Nord" train station (RER level) turned into a riot that would last until late in the evening. On March 27, 2007, about 4:00 pm (GMT +1:00) RATP inspectors checked on a 33 year old immigrant from Congo who did not have a rail ticket nor ID papers. Eyewitness accounts vary as to how the routine check was handled. Apparently the man was handled roughly and in turn punched one of the inspectors. The incident occured in clear sight motivating commuters to support the man being held. Police back-ups were called, but the people supporting the man also called for reinforcements. Several hundred people (200 to 400, depending on witnesses) fought the cops in the basement of the train station and in the connected metropolitan station for eight hours into the night. Some threw plastic bottles at police and shouted insults at Nicolas Sarkozy, the former interior minister. Some rioters attacked windows, vending machines and shops in the main hall. Some also chanted slogans of "police are everywhere, justice is nowhere" and "down with the state, police and bosses". Officers arrested at least nine people and two others were injured. [1] [2] The RER (Réseau Express Régional, IPA , Regional Express Network) is an urban rail network in the ÃŽle-de-France région, notably Paris and its agglomeration. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Métro trains entering Église dAuteuil station The Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) is the major transit authority responsible for public transportation in Paris and its environs. ... Nicolas Sarkozy in 2005 Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born 28 January 1955), simply known as Nicolas Sarkozy ( —  ), is a French politician, and the head of the right-of-centre party UMP, the French conservative party. ...

Terminal list

SNCF

• International railways

with the Eurostar and Thalys platforms A Eurostar on the CTRL going through the Medway Towns Eurostar is a train service with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Brussel Zuid station). ... Thalys PBKA Thalys is a high-speed train network built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. ...

Thalys PBKA Thalys is a high-speed train network built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. ... The exterior of Brussels South station Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid (Brussels South) is a major railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. ... A Eurostar on the CTRL going through the Medway Towns Eurostar is a train service with Paris (Gare du Nord), Lille and Brussels (Brussel Zuid station). ... Platforms 43 and 45. ... For the group of heart conditions referred to as TGV, see transposition of the great vessels. ... The LGV Nord is a French 333 km-long high speed rail line that connects Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel via Lille; it opened in 1993. ... Gare Arras is a train station located in Arras, France. ... An SNCF multiple unit. ... . ... Transilien Paris – Nord is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. ... Saint Denis can refer to: a Christian saint: see Denis Seine-Saint-Denis a département of France Several communes in France: Saint-Denis,in the Aude département Saint-Denis, in the Gard département Saint-Denis, in the Seine-Saint-Denis département, home of Saint Denis Basilica... Transilien Paris – Nord is one of the sectors in the Paris Transilien suburban rail network. ... Aulnay-sous-Bois is a town and commune of France, in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris. ...

TER

There are also TER regional rail lines at Gare du Nord. The Ter is a river in Catalonia (north eastern Spain) that begins in the mountains of the Pyrenees, passes through the city of Girona, and ends in the Mediterranean Sea at lEstartit. ...

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RER

Connects to the B and D lines in the basement. Line B serves Charles de Gaulle airport. Line D assures a quick passage between Gare du Nord and Gare de Lyon. Both lines serve Stade de France in Saint-Denis. The RER (Réseau Express Régional, IPA , Regional Express Network) is an urban rail network in the ÃŽle-de-France région, notably Paris and its agglomeration. ... The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER subway system serving Paris, France. ... The RER D is one of the five lines in the RER subway system serving Paris, France. ... The new logo of Aéroports de Paris used since 6 June 2005 Charles de Gaulle International Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG) (French: ), also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French), in Paris, is one of Europes principal aviation centres, as well as Frances main international... Inside the Gare de Lyon. ... The Stade de France and the district of La Plaine The Stade de France (the English translation Stadium of France is not used) is a stadium in an inner suburb of Paris, and the national stadium of France, built for the 1998 Football World Cup. ... Saint-Denis is a commune of France, in the Seine-Saint-Denis département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...

The RER station is directly connected to Magenta station which was constructed further underground to the east of Gare du Nord in order to service RER E. Magenta is a station of the Paris RER. Lines serving this station RER Line E Adjacent stations Gare du Nord La Chapelle See also List of stations of the Paris RER List of stations of the Paris Métro ... People running to get in the RER Station Magenta on the RER E The RER E is one of the five lines in the RER subway system serving Paris, France. ...

La Plaine may refer to: a village on the eastern side of Dominica; a small town located in Quebec, north of Montreal. ... The Stade de France and the district of La Plaine The Stade de France (the English translation Stadium of France is not used) is a stadium in an inner suburb of Paris, and the national stadium of France, built for the 1998 Football World Cup. ... The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER subway system serving Paris, France. ... Châtelet - Les Halles is a major subway hub in Paris. ... The Stade de France and the district of La Plaine The Stade de France (the English translation Stadium of France is not used) is a stadium in an inner suburb of Paris, and the national stadium of France, built for the 1998 Football World Cup. ... Saint Denis can refer to: a Christian saint: see Denis Seine-Saint-Denis a France Several communes in France: Saint-Denis,in the Aude d partement Saint-Denis, in the Gard d partement Saint-Denis, in the Seine-Saint-Denis d partement, home of Saint Denis Basilica Saint-Denis, in... The RER D is one of the five lines in the RER subway system serving Paris, France. ... Châtelet - Les Halles is a major subway hub in Paris. ...

Métro

• Lines 4 and 5, whose following station is Gare de l'Est.
• There has been a connecting hallway connecting the RER station with La Chapelle on Line 2 since the 1990s.

Line 5s crossing of the Seine on the Austerlitz viaduct. ... Paris Métro Line 4 is the second busiest metro line serving Paris, France. ... Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. ... List of stations of the Paris Métro Gare de lEst (Verdun) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 4, Line 5, and Line 7. ... List of stations of the Paris Métro La Chapelle is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2. ... A line 2 train at Stalingrad Paris Métro Line 2 was the second metro line built in Paris, France. ... List of stations of the Paris Métro Barbès - Rochechouart is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 and Line 4. ... Paris Métro Line 4 is the second busiest metro line serving Paris, France. ... List of stations of the Paris Métro Gare de lEst (Verdun) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 4, Line 5, and Line 7. ... List of stations of the Paris Métro Stalingrad is a Paris Métro station in the 19th arrondissement, located at the Place Stalingrad which is named for the Battle of Stalingrad. ... Paris Métro Line 5 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Paris, France. ... List of stations of the Paris Métro Gare de lEst (Verdun) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 4, Line 5, and Line 7. ...

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro
• Gare d'Austerlitz
• Gare de l'Est
• Gare de Lyon
• Gare Montparnasse
• Gare Saint-Lazare

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