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Chartres
General information
Location	8, place Pierre-Semard 28000 Chartres Eure-et-Loir France
Elevation	143 m
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris-Brest railway
Platforms	4
Tracks	7
Construction
Architect	Henri Pacon
Other information
Station code	87394007
History
Opened	12 July 1849
Passengers
2015	2 765 888
Services
Preceding station Le Réseau Rémi Following station Vovestowards Tours 2.9 Terminus Terminus 3.1 Lucétowards Courtalain-Saint-Pellerin Amilly-Ouerraytowards Le Mans 3.2 La Villette-Saint-Presttowards Paris-Montparnasse Preceding station Ouigo Following station Versailles-Chantierstowards Paris-Austerlitz Train Classique Le Manstowards Nantes

Chartres station (French: Gare de Chartres) is a railway station serving the town of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department and Centre-Val de Loire region of France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway. The station is part of the SNCF rail network and is served by TER Centre-Val de Loire and Ouigo trains.

History

The original station was built in 1849.

Current building

The station has been renovated five times since 1870.

In 1933, the current building was constructed under the authority of Raoul Dautry, the directeur général of the Chemins de fer de l'État. It was designed by the French architect Henri Pacon.

Since 2018, the station has been at the centre of a vast renewal of the city's urban core. The project is set to be finished by 2030.

References

1. "Le Pôle gare". www.chartres.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-30.

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