🇫🇷 Cahors

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Typ Major
Koordinaten 44,449275, 1,433325
Zeitzone Europe/Paris
Verbindungen 777
UIC-Code 8761300

Über Cahors

Cahors Ist der Bahnhof of the medieval capital of the Lot department in the Occitanie region, a town enclosed within a dramatic meander of the Lot River and renowned for its 14th-century Valentré bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. TER Regionalzüge connect Cahors with Toulouse to the south in etwa eine Stunde and fünfzehn Minuten, and northward with Brive-la-Gaillarde and Paris Austerlitz on the historisch Quercy Hauptlinie. The station is a kurzer Fußweg from the Altstadt and the Valentré bridge, was es an excellent base for exploring the Lot valley wine country.

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Cahors station is about a 10-minute walk north of the Pont Valentre and the old town. Walk south along Boulevard Gambetta, the main boulevard that bisects the peninsular old town surrounded by a meander of the Lot river.
Intercites trains connect Cahors to Paris Austerlitz in about five hours on the POLT line via Limoges. TER Occitanie regional trains run to Toulouse in about 90 minutes and to Brive-la-Gaillarde. The station is on the historic Paris-Toulouse corridor.
Luggage storage at Cahors is limited. The station has a ticket office and basic waiting facilities. The compact old town is walkable, making it practical to explore with light luggage.
The Pont Valentre, a 14th-century fortified bridge with three towers, is one of the finest medieval bridges in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Santiago pilgrimage routes. The old town has a Gothic cathedral and the famous Cahors Malbec wine region surrounds the city.
Cahors is renowned for its dark Malbec wines, which have been produced in the Lot valley since Roman times. The Pont Valentre is the city's iconic landmark. Cahors was also the birthplace of Pope John XXII and the site of a medieval university, making it a significant historical centre.

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Daten zuletzt aktualisiert: 2026-02-27