TGV Station Mont 1 et 2
 

Hello! I am trying to take a train from paris to Irun, Spain and am interested in the TGV train, which the train schedules say leave from train station Mont 1 et 2. Problem is that I cannot seem to find this station in any of my research into the trains! Please email me directly if you know where this station is: [email protected]. Thank you so much for your help!

Jessica,'Mont' stands most probably for 'Montparnasse'.

Dear Jessica<BR><BR>I would hazard a guess that it means Montparnasse station.<BR><BR>best regards <BR><BR>mark<BR>parishuttle

Jessica,<BR><BR>Mont is the abbreviation for Montparnasse!<BR><BR>There are 2 structures straddling the tracks (Montparnasse 1 and 2), but that's irrelevant for you.<BR><BR>Just ask the cab driver to take you to the Gare Montparnasse TGV or take the metro/bus to Montparnasse-Bienven&uuml;e (no, the "&uuml;" is not a spelling error ;-)).<BR><BR>Bon voyage,<BR>Andre

My guess is that the reference is to Montparnasse 1 and 2. Trains to Irun leave from Montparnasse. I am not quite sure what the et 2 means, but the SNCF system shows several TGV trains leaving from Montparnasse for Irun.<BR>

Andr&eacute;, why is there a tr&eacute;ma over the u? I have only seen it in French in cases where according to pronunciation rules the u would normally be silent (to make a g hard)(catalogue), but because u in the the root word should be pronounced the tr&eacute;ma is added ; for example ambig&uuml;e.

Aha!<BR><BR>Sue, I was waiting for someone to ask me that question - a great excuse for me to make a pedantic post ;-)<BR><BR>Fulgence Bienven&uuml;e is the engineer who designed the Paris metro - the station is simply named after him!<BR><BR>Andre

Andre, you were of course hinting that someone should ask, you know, but that's an interesting tidbit. I always wondered why the Bienvenue (never noticed the tr&eacute;ma) after Montparnasse. Surely it wasn't to welcome the voyagers!