Nantes

Introduction

Located in the west of France , Nantes is one of the important railway hubs in France, with six different directions of railways. Nantes Station is located in the south of the city of Nantes. It is east-west and the main entrance is facing north. Nantes Tram Line 1 passes through Nantes Station.

Built in 1849, the original name was "Gare de Nantes-Orléans" because it was originally managed by the Paris-Orleans Railway Company.

In 1972, “Nante-Orleans Station” was officially renamed “Nante Station”. In 1993, Nantes South Square was completed and operated, and there were long-distance bus stations and large parking lots nearby.

Platform

Station 1 is next to the main building, but there are two passenger passages that extend below the track and can be accessed directly into voies 2-11. The main passage can be accessed via stairs to the platform No. 2-11. So if you have luggage, don't think you have to use the stairs.

The main passage is also connected to the main (north) departure hall and walks up the stairs to the left at the end of the passage. However, the secondary passage (which will face the front of the train when arriving from Paris) has an elevator/rear passage in addition to the stairs.

London St. Pancras International

St Pancras Station

St Pancras railway station, also known as St Pancras International Station, is located between the British Library and King's Cross Station. As the terminal of the Eurostar in the UK, the station has built a new safety seal for the Eurostar train. The train departs from St Pancras Station and passes through the British Channel Tunnel on the No. 1 high-speed railway in the south of the UK, reaching the European continent. The city rail transit service for the station and the adjacent King’s Cross station is the King’s Cross St Pancras station on the London Underground. The Eurostar trains run mainly between London, Paris, Brussels, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and other cities. St Pancras Station is the terminus of the East Midlands Railway, which leads to Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, and some small cities in the middle.

Station Facilities

• First class lounge
• bus station
• Car rental
• Service Desk
• Luggage storage
• subway station
• Taxi stand
• Accessible Channel

Railway Service

Domestic

• East Midlands Railway (Midland Main Line)

Towards East Midlands and Yorkshire. The stops include Luton, Bedford, Wellingborough, Kettering, Hubble, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield.

• First Capital Connect, FCC (Thameslink)

Head to Bedford Station to the north, Luton Station, St Albans City Station, or Wimbledon Station to the south, East Croydon Station and Brighton Station, as well as to London Gatwick Airport and London Luton Airport de direct train.

• Southeast Railway Company (First High Speed Rail and Kent Coast)

37 minutes to go to Ashford. High-speed rail service will run to Strood, Chatham, Gravesend, Margate, Ramsgate, Dover, Folkestone , Ashford, Ebbsfleet and other destinations in Kent.

International

• Eurostar

There are usually 17 pairs of trains to and from Gare du Nord, 10 pairs of trains to and from Brussels South Station, and 1 pair of trains dedicated to and from Disneyland Paris. Trains to Paris will be added on weekends (Friday to Sunday), but trains to Brussels will be reduced. Tourist trains will also be added on weekends - in the winter to the Alps and in the summer to Avignon. [

The train passes through four medium-duty stations - Ebbsfield International Station, Ashford International Station, Gareph and Dan Station, and Lille Europe Station.

Trains that do not stop at these stations will arrive in Paris at 2:15 and arrive in Brussels around 1:50. Trains stopping at these stations will take 5 to 10 minutes, depending on how many trains stop.

Entry and exit

Security check + border check to set aside the rich time ahead of the station, preferably about 90 minutes before the train departs to the train station.

The Eurostar travels to the European continent to cross the Channel Tunnel and cross the border between the UK and the Schengen area. Passengers are required to have passports and security checks.

Tip: If the passenger is not an EU citizen, you must fill in the immigration card when entering the UK and France, and remember to bring a valid passport.

Nantes (, also US: , French: [nɑ̃t] ; Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt [nɑ̃(ː)t]; Breton: Naoned [ˈnãunət]) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth-largest in France, with a population of 303,382 in Nantes and a metropolitan area of nearly 950,000 inhabitants. With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms the main north-western French metropolis. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire région, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the end of the Roman era before it was conquered by the Bretons in 851. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital after the 1532 union of Brittany and France. During the 17th century, after the establishment of the French colonial empire, Nantes gradually became the largest port in France and was responsible for nearly half of the 18th-century French Atlantic slave trade. The French Revolution resulted in an economic decline, but Nantes developed robust industries after 1850 (chiefly in shipbuilding and food processing). Deindustrialisation in the second half of the 20th century spurred the city to adopt a service economy. In 2012, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked Nantes as a Gamma world city. It is the fourth-highest-ranking city in France, after Paris, Lyon and Marseille. The Gamma category includes cities such as Algiers, Orlando, Porto, Turin and Leipzig. Nantes has been praised for its quality of life, and it received the European Green Capital Award in 2013. The European Commission noted the city's efforts to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions, its high-quality and well-managed public transport system and its biodiversity, with 3,366 hectares (8,320 acres) of green space and several protected Natura 2000 areas.

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