Paris Bercy train station
 

What arrondisement is the Paris-Bercy train station and is it near a well known tourist attraction?

http://www.mairie12.paris.fr/index.p...ie12/carto.php

12eme arrondissement. Chateau de Vincenne (sp?)is not too far but I don't know if you call it a tourist attraction.

I am pretty sure it is tucked just behind the Gare Montparnasse which is in the 14eme. It is apparently only used for overnight trains to Italy with very few services.

From http://www.seat61.com/Italy.htm

"The night trains to Italy now depart from the Gare de Bercy, a little-known station that was originally a motorail terminal alongside the tracks leading out of the Gare de Lyon. The trains to Italy were moved there from the Gare de Lyon in 2001 to make space for a big increase in the number of TGV trains using the new high speed line to Marseille and Nice.

To reach Paris Bercy from Paris Nord, take the métro or RER from the Gare du Nord to Châtelet and change onto Métro line 14 to Bercy. The metro station name is just 'Bercy', not 'Gare de Bercy'. The mainline station is just a stone's throw from Bercy métro station, but out of sight round a corner. Simply walk straight ahead of you when you come up the steps from the métro, past some restaurants on the right and you'll see it when you round the corner.

Alternatively, if you haven't much luggage you can walk from the Gare de Lyon. Walk onto the Gare de Lyon forecourt and do a 180 degree turn to the left, into the street running alongside the station back along the tracks. The Gare de Bercy is less then 1/4 of a mile from the Gare de Lyon."

Definitely not in the Montparnasse area - it's on the east end of Paris.

You can go to http://www.citefutee.com/orienter/plans.php

and click on "le plan du metro" to see the metro map and find Bercy on Line 14.

It is in the 12th (nowhere near the Montparnasse station)- here is a map/location for it:
http://www.bercy.fr/images/Plans/bercy.pdf

The newest Metro line #14 ends there.

Here are some photos of the area around Bercy: (try some of the related links on same page)
http://www.insecula.com/salle/MS02314.html

There is new development and improvements in the area, I think referred to as "Village Bercy".

from http://www.internationalliving.com/p...rd.cfm?id=2132
"....the 12th is also the new development around the new park of Bercy (on the site of the old wine warehouses), facing the new national library, across the river. I was very unhappy when the warehouses were gone, although I must admit the park is developing beautifully. Living in one of the blocks overlooking it and the river could be quite a privilege. And with the opening up of the exciting 'village de Bercy,' with its row of picturesque little houses on the eastern edge of the park, the neighborhood is definitely picking up. Bercy is also home to a huge sports center, le Palais Omnisports, and to the Ministry of Finance. Above all, it is home to the defunct American Center, alas. This important building from an architectural point of view, by Frank Gehry, has been standing empty for years, waiting for a new tenant...."

My mistake. Sorry. I did know it was near another station and I looked a long time to verify what I thought I remembered. So if it is near the Gare de Lyon and the original poster wanted to know if there were sights in the area I would suggest going to the Gare de Lyon and having a glass of wine in the lounge of Le Train Bleu. There is also the Viaduct des Arts on rue Daumesnil==a row of interesting shops fitted into the arches of an abandoned viaduct.

Gretchen, I don't make mistakes but I do lie occasionally ;)