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2026 ranking · station ridership

The busiest train stations in France

The busiest train station in France is Paris Gare du Nord, with 257,024,152 passengers a year. Next come Paris Saint-Lazare and Paris Gare de Lyon.

2,790 stations ranked

Paris Gare du Nord, 1stThe next 19

This ranking covers 2,790 passenger stations in France (ridership is not published for the other 2), which together handle 3,057,301,943 passengers a year. The table is split into pages of 100 stations.

Ridership is the estimated number of passengers using each station over the latest year published by SNCF Gares & Connexions, the operator of French railway stations. SNCF data, ODbL license.

The ranking: busiest train stations in France

Passenger stations in France ranked by passengers per year
Rank Station Department Passengers per year Proportional bar Change over one year
1 Paris Gare du Nord Paris (75) 257,024,152 +13%
2 Paris Saint-Lazare Paris (75) 114,093,491 +10%
3 Paris Gare de Lyon Paris (75) 113,224,230 +2.5%
4 Paris Montparnasse Paris (75) 68,925,312 +6.9%
5 Paris Est Paris (75) 42,725,621 +7.1%
6 Lyon Part Dieu Rhône (69) 42,434,779 +5.9%
7 Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne (91) 41,881,077 +18%
8 Magenta Paris Paris (75) 38,771,197 +10%
9 Haussmann Saint-Lazare Paris Paris (75) 38,268,052 +10%
10 Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 36,960,585 +30%
11 La Défense Puteaux Hauts-de-Seine (92) 31,729,688 +13%
12 Aulnay-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 31,683,770 +10%
13 Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Paris Paris (75) 26,975,545 +10%
14 Saint-Michel Notre-Dame Paris Paris (75) 26,713,257 +10%
15 Lille Flandres Nord (59) 25,331,979 +5.0%
16 Strasbourg Bas-Rhin (67) 24,568,668 +2.8%
17 Versailles Chantiers Yvelines (78) 24,372,929 +14%
18 Paris Austerlitz Paris (75) 23,798,578 +9.9%
19 Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 23,702,564 +10%
20 Ermont - Eaubonne Val-d'Oise (95) 23,481,126 +10%
21 Bordeaux Saint-Jean Gironde (33) 23,006,240 +1.7%
22 Garges - Sarcelles Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise (95) 22,265,054 +41%
23 Val de Fontenay Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne (94) 19,300,104 +10%
24 Noisy-le-Sec Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 18,359,020 +10%
25 Houilles - Carrières-sur-Seine Yvelines (78) 18,250,565 +10%
26 Asnières-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (92) 18,129,540 +10%
27 Marseille Saint-Charles Bouches-du-Rhône (13) 17,863,802 +4.5%
28 Nantes Loire-Atlantique (44) 17,553,626 +2.8%
29 Argenteuil Val-d'Oise (95) 17,548,229 +10%
30 Épinay - Villetaneuse Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 17,439,318 +10%
31 Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV Tremblay-en-France Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 17,166,603 +12%
32 Bondy Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 17,136,438 +10%
33 Melun Seine-et-Marne (77) 17,067,994 +16%
34 Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Val-de-Marne (94) 16,901,268 +7.5%
35 La Courneuve - Aubervilliers Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 16,101,629 +10%
36 Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine (35) 15,689,647 +3.4%
37 Toulouse Matabiau Haute-Garonne (31) 14,522,596 −0.0%
38 Maisons-Alfort - Alfortville Val-de-Marne (94) 14,504,292 +21%
39 La Plaine Stade de France - Saint-Denis - Aubervilliers Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 14,344,392 +10%
40 Pierrefitte - Stains Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 14,163,490 +25%
41 Rosa Parks Paris Paris (75) 14,064,366 +10%
42 Cergy Préfecture Val-d'Oise (95) 14,025,717 +10%
43 Poissy Yvelines (78) 13,098,813 +10%
44 Évry-Courcouronnes Essonne (91) 12,893,424 +30%
45 Choisy-le-Roi Val-de-Marne (94) 12,833,963 +10%
46 Villiers-le-Bel - Gonesse - Arnouville Val-d'Oise (95) 12,566,762 +19%
47 Nice Alpes-Maritimes (06) 12,131,450 +8.0%
48 Saint-Quentin en Yvelines - Montigny-le-Bretonneux Yvelines (78) 12,011,294 +13%
49 Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne (91) 11,896,397 +38%
50 Bécon les Bruyères Courbevoie Hauts-de-Seine (92) 11,677,230 +10%
51 Clichy - Levallois Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine (92) 11,597,203 +10%
52 Sartrouville Yvelines (78) 11,419,082 +10%
53 Chelles - Gournay Seine-et-Marne (77) 11,363,257 +10%
54 Invalides Paris Paris (75) 10,764,177 +10%
55 Meaux Seine-et-Marne (77) 10,375,161 +10%
56 Sevran Beaudottes Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 10,250,541 +10%
57 Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines (78) 9,911,587 +10%
58 Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 9,869,635 +10%
59 Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 9,627,326 +10%
60 Metz Moselle (57) 9,515,104 +1.1%
61 Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) 9,213,438 −0.2%
62 Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines (78) 9,174,377 +10%
63 Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 Tremblay-en-France Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 9,054,310 +10%
64 Villiers-sur-Marne - Le Plessis-Trévise Val-de-Marne (94) 9,034,899 +10%
65 Grenoble Isère (38) 8,776,384 +8.1%
66 Pontoise Val-d'Oise (95) 8,480,463 +10%
67 Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine (92) 8,389,550 +1.0%
68 Créteil Pompadour Val-de-Marne (94) 8,339,243 +22%
69 Stade de France Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 8,320,522 −0.3%
70 Dijon Côte-d'Or (21) 8,102,780 +5.9%
71 Savigny-sur-Orge Essonne (91) 7,966,314 +10%
72 Cergy le Haut Val-d'Oise (95) 7,882,317 +10%
73 Lyon Perrache Rhône (69) 7,871,334 +3.1%
74 Pont Cardinet Paris Paris (75) 7,855,961 +10%
75 Cergy Saint-Christophe Val-d'Oise (95) 7,820,531 +10%
76 Rouen Rive Droite Seine-Maritime (76) 7,773,267 −4.0%
77 Enghien-les-Bains Val-d'Oise (95) 7,716,567 +10%
78 Champ de Mars Tour Eiffel Paris Paris (75) 7,703,531 +10%
79 Le Raincy - Villemomble - Montfermeil Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 7,632,569 +10%
80 Nanterre Université Hauts-de-Seine (92) 7,569,899 +10%
81 Montpellier Saint-Roch Hérault (34) 7,534,414 −6.5%
82 Vert Galant Villepinte Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 7,454,392 +10%
83 Amiens Somme (80) 7,395,165 +11%
84 Conflans Fin d'Oise Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Yvelines (78) 7,385,500 +10%
85 Angers Saint-Laud Maine-et-Loire (49) 7,116,373 +4.9%
86 Val d'Argenteuil Val-d'Oise (95) 7,015,546 +10%
87 Tours Indre-et-Loire (37) 7,013,155 +7.8%
88 Lieusaint - Moissy Seine-et-Marne (77) 6,914,078 +34%
89 Versailles Château Rive Gauche Yvelines (78) 6,800,688 +10%
90 Saint-Cyr-l'École Yvelines (78) 6,774,075 +14%
91 Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 6,744,736 +10%
92 Gargan Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 6,698,835 +10%
93 Lille Europe Nord (59) 6,642,464 −1.2%
94 Brétigny-sur-Orge Essonne (91) 6,450,745 +10%
95 Sevran - Livry Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 6,376,238 +10%
96 Rosny-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 6,290,410 +10%
97 Rosny Bois Perrier Rosny-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 6,274,844 +10%
98 Gagny Seine-Saint-Denis (93) 6,224,800 +10%
99 Grigny Centre Essonne (91) 6,171,646 −5.8%
100 Colombes Hauts-de-Seine (92) 6,155,138 +10%

Source: SNCF Gares & Connexions, station ridership; SNCF data, ODbL license. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Busiest train stations in France: FAQ

What is the busiest train station in France?

It is Paris Gare du Nord, with 257,024,152 passengers a year, according to SNCF Gares & Connexions (data under the ODbL license).

What are the 10 busiest train stations in France?

In order: Paris Gare du Nord (257,024,152), Paris Saint-Lazare (114,093,491), Paris Gare de Lyon (113,224,230), Paris Montparnasse (68,925,312), Paris Est (42,725,621), Lyon Part Dieu (42,434,779), Juvisy-sur-Orge (41,881,077), Magenta (38,771,197), Haussmann Saint-Lazare (38,268,052), and Saint-Denis (36,960,585).

How many passenger stations are there in France?

2,792 passenger stations, 2,790 of which have published ridership figures.

Where do these figures come from?

From the “Fréquentation en gares” (station ridership) dataset of SNCF Gares & Connexions, published under the Open Database License (ODbL): each year, it estimates the number of passengers using each station. Only stations managed by SNCF Gares & Connexions are included, so metro stations and stations run by other operators are not.

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