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A little history
 The streets around still bear the names of the initial destinations: Avenue of Maine, Street of Rennes. One of the oldest stations of Paris (1840), it was completely rebuilt after the 2nd World war. The preceding neo-classic building masked a cast iron cover (Falconer) collapsed in a few months of its inauguration. A new station, düe with the architect Victor Lenoir, was built between 1848-1852.
October 22, 1895, a terrible accident projected an engine and the first coach through the panes and on the pavement. The building knew several transformations until the years ' 60, when all the zone was reorganized and when the Montparnasse Tower and the current station were built. The trains, included there the TGV (High-speed train) Atlantic, leave from here worms Brittany and the west France.
Structure
Three modern buildings (1969), laid out in the shape of "U", surround the station: with the east, 1000 apartments; in the west, the registered office of Air France. The ways were recently covered by a flagstone of gardens and offices, supported by impressive concrete structures. In the principal hall one finds the large ones perforated C$op-art signed by Vasarely. A small vault, dedicated to Saint-Bernard (1969), but accessible to all the religions, has a lectern cut out in a cross-piece of railroad.
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