Toulouse-Matabiau station

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Toulouse waited until the middle of the 19th century for the railway to arrive in the city.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

In 1853, Émile Pereire and his brother Jacob founded the CF du Midi. Three years later, the line from Bordeaux to Toulouse was opened, it was extended to Sète in 1857.{{cite book|title=Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869|last= Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer|year=1869 |publisher=Ministère des Travaux Publics|location=Paris |pages=146–160|language= fr}}

The current passenger building at the main railway station of Toulouse was built between 1903 and 1905, replacing an older and smaller building. The station took the name of the borough, an area called Matabiau, named after the martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, mata-bios meaning kill the bull. It was designed by Marius Toudoire (who also designed Bordeaux Station) and was built with stone from the Roman city of Saintes. Like the Midi station in Bordeaux, Matabiau station bears 26 coats of arms on the front of the building of the 26 destinations that Midi served.

Some work was carried out on the building in 1938 prior to its listing.{{Clarify|date=February 2009}}

The station is centred on two main concourses at the front of the station directly linked to each other, with ticket offices, shops and cafés. Underpasses link these concourses to the platforms. The station is connected to the underground Marengo SNCF station on Line A of the Toulouse Metro, accessible from inside and just outside the station.

Toulouse-Matabiau is situated at the heart of a six-branch star network of lines with both regional (TER) and national (TGV and Corail) services.

Toulouse is served by the following regional lines:

• Toulouse–Albi-Rodez
• Toulouse–Montauban
• Toulouse–Saint-Sulpice
• Toulouse–Carcassonne
• Toulouse–Tarbes and Bayonne
• Toulouse–Foix
• Toulouse–Auch

Several SNCF facilities are present near the station, including the old Toulouse-Raynal goods yard now a carriage and engine maintenance yard and the large Saint-Jory marshalling yard {{convert|15|km|mi}} to the north.

The following services currently call at Toulouse-Matabiau:[https://m.ter.sncf.com/occitanie/se-deplacer/fiches-horaires Rechercher une fiche horaire], TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.[https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/COCT/2021-11/A3%20CARTE%20R%C3%89GION%20g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rique_0.pdf Le réseau régional de transport public], TER Occitanie, accessed 11 May 2022.

• high-speed services (TGV)
• Paris–Tours–Bordeaux–Toulouse
• Toulouse–Montpellier–Lyon
• intercity services (Intercités)
• Paris–Vierzon–Limoges–Toulouse
• Bordeaux–Toulouse–Montpellier–Marseille
• Bayonne–Pau–Tarbes–Toulouse
• night services (Intercités de Nuit)
• Paris–Souillac-Toulouse
• local service (TER Occitanie)
• Toulouse–Carcassonne–Narbonne
• Toulouse–Albi–Rodez
• Toulouse–Figeac–Aurillac
• Brive-la-Gaillarde–Cahors–Montauban–Toulouse
• Montauban–Toulouse
• Agen–Montauban–Toulouse
• Toulouse–Castres–Mazamet
• Toulouse–Castelnaudary–Carcassonne
• Toulouse–Colomiers–Auch
• Toulouse–Foix–Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
• Toulouse–Saint-Gaudens–Tarbes–Pau

The station is currently being renovated, with the inside of the historic building being refurbished.

A new building will be built on the other side of the tracks. This new expansion will include connections to the current line A metro station and to the new line C metro station, which is currently under construction. It will also provide other various services.{{Cite web |title=Toulouse. Une halle des transports pour créer "la gare du XXIe siècle" |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/11/29/une-halle-des-transports-pour-creer-la-gare-du-xxie-siecle-9958470.php |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}

File:Matabiau station west concourse.JPG|The western concourse

File:Matabiau station east concourse.JPG|The eastern concourse

File:SNCF X72500 Toulouse FRA 001.jpg|An X72500 at Toulouse-Matabiau

File:SNCF BB7200 Toulouse FRA 001.jpg|A selection of SNCF locos at Toulouse-Matabiau

File:Toulouse - Gare Matabiau.jpg|The main facade after renovation of the square in 2021

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• {{GaresConnexions website}}

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