Gare de La Rochelle is the main railway station serving La Rochelle. The station building, which includes a 45-metre-tall clock tower, was built in 1922 by Pierre Esquié for the CF de l'Etat replacing the older building. The railway station is well known for the "Danseurs au ballon" painted on the ceiling by Emile Sourice and Nicus Georget, 2 local artists. The station was renovated by Franck Beck and Luc Mouret in the early 1990s for the arrival of the TGV Atlantique.

Gare de La Rochelle in the early 20th century.

La Rochelle is linked to Poitiers, Tours, Bordeaux and Paris as well as regional (TER) services to other towns in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, such as Angoulême and Niort. There are both TGV and TER rail services serving La Rochelle station.

The following train services serve the station as of January 2021:[1]

  • intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Surgères
towards Montparnasse
TGV
Terminus
Luçon
towards Nantes
Intercités
Rochefort
towards Bordeaux
Preceding station TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine Following station
Terminus 14 La Jarrie
towards Poitiers
15 Châtelaillon
towards Bordeaux
La Rochelle-Porte Dauphine
Terminus
15U Aytré-Plage
towards Rochefort
Preceding station TER Pays de la Loire Following station
Luçon
towards Nantes
9 Terminus

References

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  1. ^ "Plan du réseau TER en Nouvelle-Aquitaine" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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46°9′10″N 1°8′44″W / 46.15278°N 1.14556°W / 46.15278; -1.14556