History
Gare d'Austerlitz was built in 1840 in order to serve first the Paris-Corbeil then the Paris-Orleans line. The station was originally called Gare d'Orléans. An 1865-1868 extension was designed by architect Pierre-Louis Renaud.
The station takes its name from the Czech town once known as Austerlitz (today Slavkov u Brna.) Napoleon I defeated the superior numbers of the Third Coalition on 2 December 1805 there in the Battle of Austerlitz.
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