Sedan

Metz Ville

Introduction

Metz City Station is located in the city of Metz, in the southern part of the old town, at the intersection of the three railways of Reluville-Mes, Metz-Zuftgen and Metz-Leyden. The station is roughly southwest-north-east, the main The station opening is facing the northwest and facing the urban area; the southeast side can also enter and connect with the supporting long-distance bus station.

Metz City Station is another name for the station palace because it was once the residence of King William II. Since January 15, 1975, Metz City Station is a historical monument of France. The building of the Metz City Station itself was built between 1905 and 1908 and is a neo-Roman style building. Since William II lived here, the decoration of the Metz City Station building is also very gorgeous. The station building is now the office of the French National Railway.

Platform

Metz City Station is a semi-high-rise train station, divided into two parts, the ground and the elevated, which are the station floor and platform. Passengers can go to the platform through the escalator.

The train is located on the high-rise platform where all the trains arrive and leave, and this part is very ugly compared to the buildings at the main station.

There are two types of passenger passages under the platform and a way to and from the platform. They both link the ticketing station and the station to the main building, from the main building, to different entrances and exits.

Depart by train:

From the city centre to Metz train station and facing the station on Charles de Gaulle, enter the main entrance hall on the right side of the clock tower and the entrance is on the right side of the old departure hall.

If you don't have luggage, etc., it doesn't matter which train you use in the entrance hall. Any passenger passage in the lobby can be on the platform.

Most of the facilities at the station are located between the two halls.

However, if you do have luggage, etc., please use the arrival hall to enter the station. There are also lifts in the passage from this hall, which can enter each platform. There is no elevator from the passenger passage from the departure hall.

Arrived by train:

If you are arriving from Paris/South by TGV, the access to the arrivals hall will be at the rear of the train. If you need to use the lift to leave, you will find them here.

The exit to the passenger passage leading to the old hall will be towards the front of the train and there will be an escalator available.

Sedan (French pronunciation: ​[sədɑ̃]) is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name.

Metz ( METS, French: [mɛs] , Lorraine Franconian: [mɛts]) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion.Metz has a rich 3,000-year-history, having variously been a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of Austrasia, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty, a cradle of the Gregorian chant, and one of the oldest republics in Europe. The city has been steeped in Romance culture, but has been strongly influenced by Germanic culture due to its location and history.Because of its historical, cultural, and architectural background, Metz has been submitted on France's UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. The city features noteworthy buildings such as the Gothic Saint-Stephen Cathedral with its largest expanse of stained-glass windows in the world, the Basilica of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains being the oldest church in France, its Imperial Station Palace displaying the apartment of the German Kaiser, or its Opera House, the oldest one working in France. Metz is home to some world-class venues including the Arsenal Concert Hall and the Centre Pompidou-Metz museum. A basin of urban ecology, Metz gained its nickname of The Green City (French: La Ville Verte), as it has extensive open grounds and public gardens. The historic city centre is one of the largest commercial pedestrian areas in France.A historic garrison town, Metz is the economic heart of the Lorraine region, specialising in information technology and automotive industries. Metz is home to the University of Lorraine, Georgia Tech Lorraine, and a centre for applied research and development in the materials sector, notably in metallurgy and metallography, the heritage of the Lorraine region's past in the iron and steel industry.