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Saint-Roch is the main railway station in Montpellier, France. The station was formerly known as Gare de Montpellier, but since March 2005 it has been named after Saint Roch, a native of the city who was born in the 14th century. Saint-Roch is one of the principal transport hubs of Languedoc-Roussillon, situated between the stations of Nîmes and Sète.
The station building comprises a listed front face and a passenger building laid out on three levels. What was the bus station above the tracks is now a short-stay car park. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the station has been in the middle of an urban regeneration project involving old railway property called the Nouveau Saint-Roch.
Until December 2013, there was a EuroCity service between Montpellier, Barcelona and Cartagena in Spain. This service was cut when high-speed services were extended to Barcelona and Madrid.[1]
Destinations
Due to its position in the south of France and on the lines from Paris and Spain, many international trains stop in Montpellier.
From Montpellier train services depart to major French cities such as: Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Perpignan, Lille, Dijon, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Besançon.
International services operate to Spain: Barcelona and Madrid.
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
- High speed services (TGV) Paris–Valence–Nîmes–Montpellier (– Béziers)
- High speed services (TGV) Paris–Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Narbonne–Perpignan
- High speed services (TGV) Paris–Valence–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier–Perpignan–Barcelona
- High speed services (AVE) Marseille–Nîmes–Montpellier–Béziers–Perpignan–Barcelona–Saragosse–Madrid
- High speed services (TGV Ouigo) Marne-la-Vallée–Lyon Saint-Exupéry–Nîmes–Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lille–Paris-CDG Airport–Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon–Nîmes–Montpellier–Toulouse
- Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux–Toulouse–Montpellier–Nîmes–Marseille
- Regional services (TER Occitanie) Narbonne–Béziers–Montpellier–Nîmes–Avignon
- Regional services (TER Occitanie) Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Montpellier–Nîmes–Avignon
- Regional services (TER Occitanie) Narbonne–Montpellier–Nîmes–Arles–Marseille
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nîmes toward Paris-Lyon | TGV | Sète toward Béziers | ||
| TGV | Narbonne toward Barcelona Sants | |||
Nîmes toward Lyon-Part-Dieu | TGV | |||
Nîmes toward Marseille-St-Charles | TGV | Béziers toward Madrid Atocha | ||
Nîmes toward Paris-Lyon | TGV | Sète toward Perpignan | ||
Nîmes toward Lille-Europe | TGV | Terminus | ||
Nîmes toward Lyon-Part-Dieu | TGV | Béziers toward Toulouse | ||
Sète toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean | Intercités | Nîmes toward Marseille-St-Charles | ||
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone toward Narbonne | TER Occitanie L1 | Saint-Aunès toward Avignon-Centre | ||
Frontignan toward Portbou | TER Occitanie L2 | Lunel toward Avignon-Centre | ||
Frontignan toward Narbonne | TER Occitanie L3 | Lunel toward Marseille-St-Charles |
See also
References
- ^ "15 December 2013 timetable change highlights". Today's Railways Europe (217): 8. January 2014.
- Timetables TER Languedoc-Roussillon (in French)
External links
- Montpellier-Saint-Roch station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)