French National Railways (SNCF) and its partners Klepierre and Spie batignolles have inaugurated the refurbished Saint-Lazare station in Paris, France.

The national operator SNCF invested €90m in the project and the remaining €160m was provided by Klepierre, while Spie Batignolles acted as the main contractor for the work.

SNCF’s investment was used to improve interchange between its main line and suburban services, RER Line E and the five metro lines serving Saint-Lazare.

According to SNCF, Saint-Lazare station is used by 450,000 passengers a day making it the second busiest station in Europe after Paris Nord.

It is used mostly by daily commuters to and from Paris and its suburbs to the west, and a total of 1.2 million visitors.

The station has been equipped with 300 passenger-information screens, and 21 escalators and lifts. It also features a 200m-long glass-covered passenger circulation area.

Property company Klépierre has completed St. Lazare Paris, the Saint-Lazare train station’s new three-storey retail space, which will be open to the public at the end of this month.

St. Lazare Paris features three mid-sized units and around 80 retail and catering outlets, covering 10,000 m² of gross leasable area (GLA), integrated over the station’s three levels (train platform, street and subway).

 

Image: The newly rebuilt Saint-Lazare station in Paris will be equipped with 300 passenger-information screens, 21 escalators and lifts, and a 200m-long glass-covered passenger circulation area. Photo: FiP.