Limoges - Limoges-Bénédictins

Limoges - Limoges-Bénédictins

The "Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins" is the main railway station of Limoges. It was named Bénédictins due to the presence of a Benedictine monastery closed during the French Revolution. The first railway line was opened in the 1850s, the wooden station got replaced by a stone-building in 1860. In 1918 an agreement was signed regarding the construction of a new station. Work lasted from 1924 and 1929. The station was inaugurated on 2 July 1929.

The new station was designed by architect Roger Gonthier. On the Southwest corner is a 67-metre-tall clock tower composed of thirteen levels. It is mounted by a dome itself mounted by a five-metre-tall vase. Below these are four clocks.