Gare d'Orsay

Gare d'Orsay
Heavy rail
1909 postcard: "La Gare d'Orleans (the Gare d'Orsay) et Quai d'Orsay"
General information
Location	Quai d'Orsay/Rue de Lille 75343 Paris, France
Coordinates	48°51′37″N 2°19′31″E / 48.860283°N 2.325392°E / 48.860283; 2.325392
Owned by	Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (1900–1934) PO-Midi (1934–1937) SNCF (1937 onwards)
Line(s)	Paris–Bordeaux railway
Tracks	16
Construction
Architect	Victor Laloux
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
History
Opened	1900
Closed	1939
Previous names	Gare d'Orléans (Quai d'Orsay)
Key dates
1986	Reopened as the Musée d'Orsay
Location Gare d'Orsay Location of the Gare d'Orsay in Paris

The Gare d'Orsay (French: [ɡaʁ dɔʁsɛ]) is a former Paris railway station and hotel, built in 1900 to designs by Victor Laloux, Lucien Magne and Émile Bénard; it served as a terminus for the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans (Paris–Orléans railway). It was the first electrified urban terminal station in the world, opened 28 May 1900, in time for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.^[1]

After its closure as a station, it reopened in December 1986 as the Musée d'Orsay, an art museum. The museum is currently served by the RER eponymous station.