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Gare d'Orsay
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Gare d'Orsay
Gare d'Orsay
is a former Paris railway station and hotel, built in 1900 to designs by
Victor Laloux
, Lucien Magne and
Émile Bénard
; it served as a terminus for the
Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans
(Paris-
Orléans
Railway). It was the first
electrified
urban
rail terminal
in the world, opened 28 May 1900, in time for the
1900 Exposition Universelle
. After closure as a station, it reopened in December 1986 as the
Musée d'Orsay
, an art museum. The museum is currently served by the
RER station of the same name
.
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