Toulouse-Matabiau

Toulouse-Matabiau train station is typical of many large French stations/gares meaning that it is beautiful, but awkward to use particularly if you have luggage.

If your train arrives at or departs from voie/platforms/tracks 2 – 11 (and the majority of long distance express trains use voies 2 – 7) you have to use the stairs to transfer between the train and exits.

That’s because voies 2 – 11 are linked to the main station buildings by two passage ways that run beneath the platforms.
These are currently being renovated, but escalators to give access to/from the trains aren’t being installed.

The main passage way in zone/repére X has lift access, but only for those that require mobility assistance – which needs to be arranged in advance.

Voies/platforms 1, 1a and 1b have step free access to the main station building and exits to the street, but voie 1a and 1b are a 3 – 5 min walk from the main entrance - as they are located towards the end of voie 1.

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