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Paris St Lazare is the station serving Normandy, including intercités trains to Caen, Rouen, Dieppe, Le Havre, Cherbourg. However, most of its traffic is now suburban, and it's this which makes St Lazare the second busiest Paris terminus after the Gare du Nord. See tips for using Paris St Lazare.
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The station opened in 1837, but most of today's buildings including the facade date from 1889. The station was renovated in 1936 and again in 2012, when the 3-level shopping mall was created.
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The Gare St Lazare is a terminus with some 27 platforms, numbered 1 to 27 from left to right, west to east, see station plan. Local trains to Versailles-Rive Droite leave every 15 minutes from platforms 1-4 at the west end of the station. The intercités to Caen, Rouen, Dieppe, Le Havre, Cherbourg leave from platforms 18-27 at the east end of the station.
Tips for using the Gare St Lazare
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Tickets
The main ticket office (Boutique Voyages) is on the middle (street level) floor in the shopping mall, at the extreme east end. There is a subsidiary ticket office (Boutique Normandie) at the far east end of the station concourse near platform 27. There are self-service ticket machines in various locations all over the station concourse.
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Left luggage lockers. There are no left luggage lockers at Paris St Lazare, but there are privately-run luggage storage lockers 4 minutes walk away, see www.lockers.fr.
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Somewhere to eat or drink before your train
There are various cafes, bars & restaurants in the shopping mall inside the station.
Starbucks is as good a place as any for a coffee, it's located at the extreme east end of the top floor of the shopping mall, on the same level as concourse & platforms, at the same end as the platforms used by the intercités to Normandy. There's also a Burger King nearby.
For a classy brasserie, try the Lazare, lazare-paris.fr, located on the middle floor (= street level) of the shopping mall, roughly half way between east & west ends, on the right-hand side walking east.
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Food outlets & supermarket
There are plenty of shops and kiosks at & around the station.
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Taxis. There's a taxi rank outside the station.
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Metro & RER express metro. See the Crossing Paris by metro page for metro advice. The Paris RER, metro & bus website is www.ratp.fr.
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For more detailed information on the station & its facilities see the official SNCF site www.garesetconnexions.sncf. See station plan.