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Nantes Station

All you need to know

Nantes station is the main railway station in the Nantes metropolitan area. It serves many regional and national destinations, with 15 million passengers a year. At Nantes station you will find several shops where you can eat, as well as waiting areas. Passengers will also find a TGV INOUI Grand Voyageur lounge.

How do I get to Nantes station?

The station can be reached in several ways. Tram line 1 (Gare Nord - Jardin des Plantes station) takes you there, as does busway line 5 (Gare Sud stop). Several bus lines also run to the station.

What are the main connections from Nantes station?

With its 15 tracks, Nantes station offers a large number of journeys every day. TGV INOUI, OUIGO, OUIGO Train Classique, INTERCITÉS and TER trains take you to the Pays de la Loire and Brittany regions, and across France.

From Nantes station, you can reach Paris in around 2 hours. TGV trains are available to major French cities such as Lyon, Lille, Marseille and Strasbourg. As an extension of the Nantes-Lille route, an international connection to Brussels is also available. You can also easily reach Bordeaux or Lyon on Intercités trains. Regionally, TER Pays de la Loire lines make it easy to travel to many towns, including Clisson, Brest, Le Mans and Rennes.

The bus station is near the south exit. TER coaches serve the surrounding towns. A shuttle runs to Nantes Atlantique airport.

  • Opening time (excluding public holidays)

    Sunday : from 5h 30m to 0h 15m and Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday : from 4h 20m to 0h 15m and Saturday : from 4h 20m to 0h 45m

  • Bank holiday hours

    New Year’s Day - Easter Monday - Labour Day - Victory Day (1945) - Ascension Thursday - Whit Monday - French National Day - Assumption Day - All Saints’ Day - Armistice Day - Christmas : from 5h 30m to 0h 15m

  • Address

    27 Boulevard de Stalingrad 44000 NANTES

Transport access

Tramway

  • 1

Buses

  • 12
  • 13
  • 6
  • 7
  • 11

Bus

  • C2
  • C3
  • C5

Buses

  • 1
  • 3
  • 4/270/290
  • 10/10E
  • 11
  • 12
  • 20
  • 22
  • 31
  • 46
  • 48
  • 50
  • 60
  • 71
  • 180
  • Lila Premier

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