Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean ... This is a lovely historic building that's easy to navigate. The…read moremain train station to access the SNCF high speed trains. Station is located outside the city center and is just a 15 minute Uber ride. Once inside , the signage is clear and easy to navigate. Plenty of nice little coffee and pastry shops inside

The station was busy, not unusual - but they are just unhelpful and unpleasant bordering on rude…read moresadly. Various routes within the station were blocked but there were no helpful redirect signs and when we and a local lady were rudely prevented from going to the bathroom by a security guard - WTF!? And good luck trying to find the taxi rank without signs and 2 big suitcases. Night and day difference with our starting point (Limoges)

This station is so small and it's hard to determine where to go. Of course the obvious, dirty and…read moresmelly too. There are signs but the construction ( I think it was construction unless it just looks like that) made it difficult to get around. We walked aimlessly trying to find our connecting train and we lucked out. We passed no opportunities to get food, which was a bummer because we were getting on a night train. Get food before you get to this station. The security lines here were ridiculous and inefficient, not to mention unmarked. Lines for specific people/passports and you didn't know until you asked a local or got to the front. We saw someone get to the front of our line, only to tell them they had to wait at the back of another line because they were in the wrong line. All of this for the specific train we were getting on.

A nightmare to travel through in the winter. Pay per pee. Lounge is kept at a brisk 55F. Charging…read moreoutlets don't work. Wait to get a high speed ticket is 20+ minutes. Traveled through on a Sunday. I needed medicine for a head cold but all the pharmacies in town are closed on Sundays. Was not a pleasant experience.