The traffic projections for Nantes station forecast an increase in passenger flows with a expected traffic of 25 million passengers by 2030, compared with the figure of 11.6 million passengers in 2009. The urban development around Nantes station will also result in an additional urban flow through the train station of 2.2 million people by 2030. This application for an ERDF grant submitted by Nantes Métropole concerns the development of the public spaces of the Pôle d’exchange multimodal de la Gare de Nantes Nord.