Most beautiful train station in France : Metz winning front of Saint-Brieuc

the MOST BEAUTIFUL train STATION, FRANCE - Wednesday 20 January 2021, the Metz railway station has won the victory against Saint-Brieuc, for the 3rd consecutive

Most beautiful train station in France : Metz winning front of Saint-Brieuc

the MOST BEAUTIFUL train STATION, FRANCE - Wednesday 20 January 2021, the Metz railway station has won the victory against Saint-Brieuc, for the 3rd consecutive year of the contest Battle & Stations launched by the SNCF.

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[updated January 20, 2021 at 11h57] on Wednesday 20 January 2021, the internet vote for the 3rd edition of the championship of the most beautiful train station in France is designated for the winner of the station of Metz, while the battle was tight for 48 hours on the page Facebook Gares & Connexions, SNCF, organizer of the event.

the Most beautiful train station in France

After nearly 3 months of competition, the contest "Battle & train Stations" of the SNCF, ended on Wednesday 20 January 2021, with the grand final, which appointed the railway station of Metz to the winner in front of the station of Saint-Brieuc. A real duel between the East and the West of France had started since the beginning of the final on Monday.

Metz railway station, sacred to three times

The railway station of Metz, located in the department of the Moselle, in the area Is Great, won the title of most beautiful station of France, for the 3rd year in a row. The train station of Metz arrived in the final after having eliminated the station of Valenciennes in the semi-final.

Inaugurated in 1908 by the Directorate-general of imperial railways in Alsace-Lorraine, this station romanesque revival style rhine (she is one of the main stations of the Reichsland Alsace-Lorraine, the new province of the German Empire) is inscribed in the register of historical monuments of France for its facade decoration remarkable for its stained-glass windows of times, making its bas-reliefs, arches interlaced, the buffet inside and its lobby traveller...

The railway station of Saint-Brieuc, an opponent of size

The railway station of Saint-Brieuc, located in the department of Côtes-d'armor in the Brittany region was the a grand finalist in the face of Metz after you have eliminated the station of Limoges in the semi-final. Despite the support of many Britons, extremely engaged, as the journalist Team Estelle Denis, who had called to vote for the station briochine on Twitter, unfortunately it has not won the trophy.

designed by the architect Jules Touzard, and inaugurated in 1863 by the railway company of the West, the railway station of Saint-Brieuc mixture of architectural styles-art deco, art nouveau and regionalist. Its dome is monumental, with a height of 26 meters, and its façade 110 metres long, displays the weapons carved from the city and those of Brittany. The station of Saint-Brieuc appears in the scenes of two films : La Bataille du rail , by René Clément (1946) and Not my daughter, you'll not be dancing , Christophe Honoré (2008). The LGV Bretagne-pays de la Loire dessert from 2017 Saint-Brieuc, connecting Paris in only 2: 10.

How to vote for the most beautiful station in France ?

The vote to elect the winner of the final contest of the most beautiful train station in France lasted 48 hours and are now closed. You have until Wednesday 20 January 2021, 11 hours, voting on the page Facebook of Stations and Connections.

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Date Of Update: 01 February 2021, 04:58
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