Bordeaux-Saint-Jean or Bordeaux-Midi is the main railway station in the French city ofBordeaux. It is the southern terminus of the Paris–Bordeaux railway, and the western terminus of the Chemins de fer du Midi main line from Toulouse. The current station building opened in 1898. As well as Midi trains, the station accepted trains from the PO and the État. The station was built by M Toudoire and S Choron. The station building, situated in Bordeaux city centre at the end of the Cours de la Marne, appears from the front as three parts. The middle part is home to the station buffet and separates the arrivals and departures halls. All three parts are parallel to the platforms. The station buildings hide a large trainshed, built by Gustave Eiffel, which is 56 m wide and covers 17,000 m². Since the arrival of the TGV the station has been renovated and upgraded with modern equipment, but has kept its original features. The great hall has a large map of the network of the Midi on one of the walls and reminds passengers of the origins of the station. The station is the main railway interchange in Aquitaine and links Bordeaux to Paris, Sète, Toulouse Matabiau and Spain. A long metal viaduct, also built by Eiffel was originally used to carry the railway over the River Garonne but this two-track bridge became a bottleneck and a new four-track railway bridge was built next to it.
Train services
The following services call at Bordeaux-Saint-Jean as of January 2018: ^ indicates not all trains stop there
High speed services Paris - Bordeaux - Dax - Lourdes - Tarbes
High speed services Paris - Bordeaux - Dax - Bayonne - Biarritz - Hendaye
High speed services Paris - Bordeaux - Agen - Toulouse
High speed services Paris - Bordeaux - Arcachon
High speed services Paris - Tours - Poitiers - Angoulême - Bordeaux
High speed services Lille - Aéroport CDG - Tours - Bordeaux
Intercity services Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
local service Bordeaux - Libourne - Angoulême
local service Bordeaux - Libourne - Mussidan - Périgueux
local service Bordeaux - Libourne - Bergerac - Sarlat-la-Canéda
local service Bordeaux - Arcachon
local service Bordeaux - Lesparre - Le Verdon
local service Bordeaux - Morcenx - Mont-de-Marsan
local service Bordeaux - Langon - Marmande - Agen
local service Bordeaux - Dax - Bayonne - Hendaye
local service Bordeaux - Saintes - La Rochelle
From January 2, 2019 for 9 months Line 26 was to be under major work rail replacement to become suitable and safe for the new trains, Between Libourne and Le Bussion Via Bergerac will be replaced by coaches.
Bordeaux - Libourne Libourne - Bordeaux Le Buisson De Cadouin - Sarlat Train brand new line via Agen line without changing at Le Buisson and Siorac-en-perigord. Périgueux - Niversac - Le Bugue - Le Buisson - St Cyprien - Sarlat Click or copy and paste this Link for details. https://cdn.ter.sncf.com/medias/PDF/nouvelle_aquitaine/Affiche%2034%20Perigueux%20Agen_tcm78-217165_tcm78-223111.pdf Bordeaux St Jean - Libourne - Ste-Foye-La-Grande - Bergerac - Le Buisson - Sarlat https://cdn.ter.sncf.com/medias/PDF/nouvelle_aquitaine/Affiche%2033%20Bordeaux%20Sarlat_ap_30_09_MAJ_18_07_tcm78-224108_tcm78-223108.pdf COACH Services Train Bordeaux - Libourne Coach 1 Libourne - Ste-foye-la-grande - Bergerac Coach 2 Bergerac - Le Buisson - Sarlat https://cdn.ter.sncf.com/medias/PDF/nouvelle_aquitaine/Affiche%2033%20Bordeaux%20Sarlat_JQ_01_09_MAJ_25_06_tcm78-217164_tcm78-223110.pdf Trains on the Angoulême, Périgueux, Limoges and Brive lines via Libourne are not affected and are fully operating on their lines fully as normal.
Twinning
In October 2019, Gare de Bordeaux-Saint-Jean was twinned with London St Pancras International, London, United Kingdom. The association was made in the hope that a high speed service could connect the two stations, and was announced at a ceremony headed by Claude Solard, Director General of SNCF.
