Gare Montparnasse
Gare Montparnasse, officially Paris Montparnasse and formerly Gare de l'Ouest, is one of the seven large Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 5:00 AM—1:15 AM
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Paris railway terminal
- Also known as: “Gare de l’Ouest”, “Gare de Paris-Montparnasse”, “Gare Montparnasse 1 & 2”, “Paris Montparnasse Hall 1 & 2”, “Paris-Montparnasse”, and “Paris-Montparnasse Station”
- Postal code: 75015
- Wheelchair access: no
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Montparnasse Tower and Jardin Atlantique.
Montparnasse Tower
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Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. Montparnasse Tower is situated 310 metres northeast of Gare Montparnasse.
Jardin Atlantique
Park
Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0.
The Jardin Atlantique is a public park and garden located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, on the roof that covers the tracks and platforms of the Gare Montparnasse railway station.
Musée de La Poste
Museum
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The Musée de La Poste is the museum of the French postal operator La Poste. It specialises in the postal history and philately of France. Opened in 1946, the museum has been located on two sites in Paris. Musée de La Poste is situated 210 metres northwest of Gare Montparnasse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montparnasse and 14th arrondissement.
Montparnasse
Suburb
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.
14th arrondissement
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Although largely residential, the 14th arrondissement is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.
6th arrondissement
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As with Paris itself, the 6th Arrondissement is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…
Gare Montparnasse
- Categories: dead-end railway station, station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.84006° or 48° 50′ 24″ northLongitude
2.31911° or 2° 19′ 9″ eastElevation
70 metres (230 feet)Operator
SNCF Gares & ConnexionsNetwork
TransilienAbbreviation
“PMP”IATA airport code
MPEUIC ID
87391003Open location code
8FW4R8R9+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 65331500OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
2992169Wikidata ID
Q631114
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Gare Montparnasse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جار مونبارناس”
- Arabic: “محطة مونبارناس”
- Armenian: “Մոնպառնաս կայարան”
- Armenian: “Մոնպարնաս կայարան”
- Basque: “Paris-Montparnasse geltokia”
- Basque: “Paris–Montparnasse geltokia”
- Belarusian: “Вакзал Манпарнас”
- Belarusian: “Манпарнас”
- Bengali: “গ্যারে মন্টপার্নাসে”
- Breton: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Catalan: “Estació de París-Montparnasse”
- Chinese: “巴黎蒙帕纳斯站”
- Chinese: “巴黎蒙帕纳斯车站”
- Chinese: “蒙帕納斯車站”
- Chinese: “蒙帕纳斯站”
- Chinese: “蒙帕纳斯车站”
- Czech: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Czech: “Paris-Montparnasse”
- Danish: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Dutch: “station Paris Montparnasse”
- Dutch: “Station Paris-Montparnasse”
- Esperanto: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Esperanto: “Paris-Montparnasse”
- Esperanto: “Stacidomo Montparnaso”
- Estonian: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Finnish: “Gare Montparnasse”
- French: “Gare de Montparnasse”
- French: “Gare de Paris-Montparnasse”
- French: “Gare Montparnasse”
- French: “Paris Montparnasse”
- French: “Paris-Montparnasse”
- German: “Bahnhof Paris-Montparnasse”
- German: “Gare Montparnasse”
- German: “Paris Gare Montparnasse”
- Hebrew: “תחנת מונפרנאס”
- Hindi: “गेर मोंटपैर्नेस”
- Hungarian: “Paris Gare Montparnasse”
- Indonesian: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Italian: “Gare de Paris-Montparnasse”
- Italian: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Italian: “Stazione di Montparnasse”
- Italian: “Stazione di Parigi Montparnasse”
- Japanese: “モンパルナス駅”
- Javanese: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Korean: “몽파르나스역”
- Luxembourgish: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Malay: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Norwegian: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Persian: “ایستگاه مونپارناس”
- Polish: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Paris-Montparnasse”
- Portuguese: “Estação Montparnasse”
- Portuguese: “Gare de Paris-Montparnasse”
- Portuguese: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Portuguese: “Paris-Montparnasse”
- Romanian: “Gara Montparnasse”
- Romanian: “Gara Paris-Montparnasse”
- Russian: “Вокзал Монпарнас”
- Slovak: “Gare Montparnasse”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Paris-Montparnasse”
- Spanish: “Estación de París-Montparnasse”
- Spanish: “París-estación Montparnasse”
- Swedish: “Paris-Montparnasse järnvägsstation”
- Swiss German: “Paris Gare Montparnasse”
- Tosk Albanian: “Paris Gare Montparnasse”
- Turkish: “Montparnasse Garı”
- Ukrainian: “Вокзал Монпарнас”
- Ukrainian: “Монпарнас”
- Urdu: “مونپارناس اسٹیشن”
- Venetian: “stasion de París-Montparnasse”
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