It takes around two to two and a half hours on high speed train to get from Paris to Nantes, and…read morewell, that's exactly what we did. The train ride was pleasant. The seats were spacious and they even announced the stops in both English and French. Oddly enough, though, when we arrived to Nantes, the signs were in English, French, and German. All that said, unlike the train station in Paris, the one in Nantes had a parking garage nearby, plus many shops around. That turned out to be great for us as we got picked up quickly and went off to our next destination. Not a bad trip if I do say so myself.

Reviewing a train station feels like a preposterous task, it really does... however... Nantes train…read morestation (or Malakoff/Saint-Donatien de Nantes or whatever you might call it) left a very good impression on an English idiot bumbling around a place where they no doubt speak English better than I, but gracefully put up with my attempts to speak in French. It's a big ol' station and gloriously industrial. It reminded me of a regenerated Northern town train station - incredibly modern but with loads of old character. Buying tickets was an absolute doddle and the staff were incredibly helpful. Just outside the station, should you have to hang around whilst waiting for a train or catching a bus to the nearby airport, is a bunch of painfully great looking surroundings, with a cool little church, a river to sit beside and a great little park straddling it to idle away some minutes. Nantes is a really great city and this train station sits in the hub of it and does it justice. Maqnifique.

Clean station with free wifi but not up on the actual tracks. You must be underground or in the…read moreside entrance area to the station. A bakery is there and a news stand plus a steady stream of taxis if you need one. Clean station so overall a good experience.

From the owner: Une gare de haute importance La gare du Mans est la principale gare ferroviaire de la ville du…read moreMans, en France. Elle relie Le Mans à de nombreuses autres métropoles françaises, notamment grâce au TGV, installé depuis 1989 qui fixe le voyage Le Mans-Paris Montparnasse à 54 minutes. La gare est sur le trajet d'autre liaisons qui relient les gares de Lille Europe, Marseille, Lyon ou Nantes. Elle est également une étape pour le corail Pays de La Loire et le corail Bretagne. Le tramway, qui entre bientôt en service, desservit la gare nord. La gare possède deux sorties sur la ville elle-même. La gare nord est une sortie vers le centre ville, qui se situe à environ 5 minutes à pied. La sortie gare sud est très utilisée par les cadres et les salariés d'entreprises puisqu'elle amène directement au centre d'affaire Novaxis. Cette gare possède sa propre histoire et sa propre évolution, quasiment indépendamment de la ville elle-même. Ligne de Tramway Setram Tronçon principal Station Université,