30 7. RAILWAY OFFICES. Preliminary
(2). Gare Montparnasse, or de l'Etat, Boulevard Montparnasse
44 (PL G, 16; p. 326), for the Ligne de Versailles (left bank), the
Lignes de Bretagne, and the Chemins de Fer de l'Etat.
(3). Gare des Invalides (PL R, 14; 77), in the Esplanade des
.Invalides, for the Ligne de Courcelles and Champ-de-Mars and the
Ligne des Moulineaux and St. Cloud (see p. 331), but used also for
the Lignes de Bretagne.
IV. Chemins de Fer d'Orleans. Three Stations.
(1). Gare du Quai-d'Orsay, or Nouvelle Gare d'Orleans (Pl.R,
17, 77,- p. 292), for the lines to Orleans, Tours, Bordeaux, the
Pyrenees, Spain, etc.
(2). Garb du Quai-d'Austeelitz, or Ancienne Gare d'Orleans
(PL G, 25; V), connected with the preceding by a loop-line.
(3). Gare du Luxembourg, at the corner of the Boulevard St.
Michel and the Rue Gay-Lussac (PL R. 19; V), near the Jardin du
Luxembourg (p. 315), for the lines to Sceaux and Limours. Luggage
cannot be registered at this station but must be taken to the Station
de Paris-Denfert (PI. G, 20). The line is to be prolonged to unite
at the Place St. Michel with that from the Gare du Quai-d'Orsay.
V. Chemins de Fer de Paris a Lyon et a la Mediterranee.
Gare de Lyon , Boulevard Diderot 20 (PI. G, 25, 28). Trains
to Fontainebleau, Dijon, Chdlon-sur-Sa6ne, Macon, Lyons, Marseilles,
Switzerland vid Pontarlier and Macon, Italy vid the Mont Cenis
Tunnel or via Nice, the Mediterranean, etc
Railway Offices. Passengers may book their luggage, order railway-
omnibuses (ccmp. p. 1), and in some cases even take their tickets, at the
Railway Parcels Offices in different parts of the city. They must generally,
however, reach the office 1 hr. before the departure of the train. — There
are also Enquiry Offices (circular tickets, etc.) at the Gare St. Lazare and
the Gare du Nord, and, for the Chemins de Fer de l'Etat, at Rue de
Chateaudun 42.
The office of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (sleeping car¬
riages) is No. 3, Place de l'Opera. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway
has an office at Boulevard des Italiens 30; the London and South-Western
Railway at Rue St. Honore 253.
Steamboat Offices. The Paris offices of some of the principal steamship
companies are as follows: Allan Line, Rue Scribe 5 and Rue Cambon 47. —
American, Rue Scribe 9. — Anchor, Rue du Helder 12. — Chargeurs Riunis,
Boul. des Italiens 11; Compagnie Ginirale Transatlantique, Rue Auber 6 and
Boul. des Capucines 12. — Cunard, Rue Scribe 2bis — Dominion, Rue des
Marais 95. — Fraissinet, Rue de Rougemont 9. — Hamburg-American Line,
Rue Scribe 7. — Messageries Maritimes, Rue Vignon 1. — Peninsular <t Oriental
Co., Boul. des Italiens 30. — Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Avenue de l'Ope'ra 38.
— North-German Lloyd, Rue Scribe 2. — White Star, Rue Scribe 9.
Railway Agents. Cook. Place de l'Opera 1; Raymond & Whitcomb, Place
de l'Ope'ra 3 (Sleeping-Car Co's offices); Voyages Economiques, Rue du Fau-
bourg-Montmartre 17 and Rue Auber 10; Lubin, Boulevard Hsussmann 36;
Duchemin, Rue de Grammont 20;. Voyages Pratiques, Rue de Rome 9; Des-
roches, Faub. Montmartre 21; Voyages Modernes, Rue de l'Echelle 1; Grands
Voyages, Rue du Helder 1, corner of the Boul. des Italiens.
Goods Agents. Pitt <t Scott, Rue Scribe 5 and Rue Cambon 47 (also
storage of luggage, etc.); American Express Co. (for America), Rue Halevy 6
and Rue des Petites-Ecuries 47; Thos. Meadows d Co., Rue Scribe 4.
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