Carcassonne is a railway station in Carcassonne, Occitanie, France, on the Bordeaux–Sète and Carcassonne–Rivesaltes lines. The station is served by TGV, Intercités and 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 MidiFrance, Bulletin des lois de la République franc̜aise, Imprimerie nationale, 1864, pp408 archive (15 January 2012). opened a second line with the stretch from Carcassonne to Limoux on 15 July 1876,Guillaume Pourageaux, article Rail Passion no 97, 2005, pp76 which was extended to Quillan 1 July 1878.
Architecture The main building is in the 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:Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022. 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
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Timetable search , TER Occitanie