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Most notable is the large clock tower atop one corner of the station, similar in style to the clock tower of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament, home to Big Ben.
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Most of the station's SNCF services run to the southeast of France
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The station houses the Le Train Bleu gourmet restaurant,
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The main hall
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Bullett train variant now mostly operated are Dupleix/double deckkers
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Paris Lyon (or Gare de Lyon) is one of the six large railway termini in Paris, France.
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The station was built for the World Exposition of 1900.
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The original shopping arcade is topped by a gallery of oil paintings
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The station also hosts regional trains,
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The station entered the final part of a major reconfiguration plan which started in 2003
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Some architectural components such as those enclosed balconies came again under the light
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One of the stairs leading to street level
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Columns, balconies, red floors et als
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Last year, the French railways corporation experimented another way on displaying departures times of the two next trains
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The engineers came up with a pair of comuterized and luminated cylinders
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Guess what, the luminated schedule tower is back
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although this is another version as shown by the frame
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First station away from Saint-Lazare, Pont-Cardinet is another re-incarnation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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At street level, the current building completed in 1922 is one of the most beautiful suburban terminals around
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The impression can be confirmed when entering the ticket booths and waiting areas
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Either non-stop to someplace in Normandy or stopping en route everywhere, all trains going and coming from St Lazare go through this station
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one of countless VB2N double deckers going through
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The tower houses a lift, mosly activated for wheel chair going guests
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In sharp contrasts with the buildings built in 1922, the modern extensions houses the stairs going to the platforms
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Most trains which actually serve Pont-Cardinet are Z8800 double deckers and Z6400s such as this one heading back to Saint-Lazare
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Viroflay Rive-Droite station's terminal building
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Viroflay Rive Droite. The incoming Z6400 is bound for Paris/St Lazare
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Street view of Versailles Rive Droite