Gare d'Orsay

Gare d'Orsay
Heavy rail
1909 postcard: "La Gare d'Orleans (the Gare d'Orsay) et Quai d'Orsay"
General information
LocationQuai d'Orsay/Rue de Lille
75343 Paris, France
Coordinates48°51′37″N 2°19′31″E / 48.860283°N 2.325392°E / 48.860283; 2.325392
Owned by
Line(s)Paris–Bordeaux railway
Tracks16
Construction
ArchitectVictor Laloux
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
History
Opened1900
Closed1939
Previous namesGare d'Orléans (Quai d'Orsay)
Key dates
1986Reopened as the Musée d'Orsay
Location
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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.

  1. ^ Baer, Christopher T. (March 2005). "PRR Chronology" (PDF). The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2010.