Marius Toudoire, an architect from Toulon, designed the current thirteen-track building, constructed by 1900 for the Exposition Universelle. President Émile Loubet inaugurated it on April 6, 1901. The article calls it a classic example of the architecture of its time but names no style. A large clock tower sits atop one corner.
The first station opened on August 12, 1849, designed by François-Alexis Cendrier. His second building of 1855 had five tracks in a hall 722 feet (220 m) long and 138 feet (42 m) wide, and the Paris Commune fire of 1871 partly destroyed it. Hall 1 is the older train shed, with tracks A to N, and Hall 2 is a modern addition.
Le Train Bleu restaurant has served meals since 1901 in an ornate setting. The article gives conflicting figures: 113,224,230 passengers in 2024 in the infobox, and about 148.1 million a year from a 2018 estimate in the text.
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