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Stations continue to moult during the pandemic

2021-04-05T15:04:29.315Z


In the big cities, the SNCF regularly renovates these emblematic places. In small towns, the process is just beginning.


The third national confinement does not change anything.

The work continues.

And when the site is finished in September, regulars at Montparnasse station in Paris will not recognize it.

It will be much brighter with a waiting room open to the street.

Much more commercial too, with three times as many shops.

And the multiplication of escalators should facilitate the movement of travelers.

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This transformation was preceded by quite a few others: in 2019, Nantes station was brought up to date.

In 2020, it was the turn of Rennes station.

In the coming years, the Matabiau stations in Toulouse, La Part-Dieu in Lyon and the Gare du Nord in the capital will in turn change their face.

“For ten years, the renovation of major stations has accelerated especially with the opening of high-speed lines and increasing passenger flows,”

explains Marlène Dolveck, Managing Director of Gares & Connexions, the SNCF subsidiary in charge. of these

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Source: lefigaro

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