Gare d'Auray
Auray railway station | |
Location |
Auray, Morbihan, Brittany, France |
Coordinates | 47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W / 47.68000°N 2.99917°WCoordinates: 47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W / 47.68000°N 2.99917°W |
Line(s) |
Savenay–Landerneau railway Auray–Quiberon railway Auray–Pontivy railway |
Platforms | 4 |
History | |
Opened | 21 September 1862 |
Auray is a railway station in Auray, Brittany, France. The station was opened on 21 September 1862 is located on the Savenay–Landerneau railway, Auray–Quiberon railway and Auray–Pontivy railway. The station was built by the operator of the Paris - Orleans railway line. Today, the station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. The line to Pontivy was opened in December 1864, and the line to Quiberon was opened in July 1882. The Auray - Pontivy railway line closed to passenger traffic in October 1949, and is now only used to transport freight. The station is 2 km north-west of the centre of Auray.
Train services
The following services currently call at Auray:
- intercity services (Intercités) Quimper - Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
- local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Nantes
- local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Rennes
- local services (TER Bretagne) Lorient - Auray - Vannes
- local services (TER Bretagne) Auray - Quiberon (summer only)
Series | Train Type | Route | Material | Notes |
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8700 | TGV | Paris Montparnasse - Rennes - Redon - Vannes - Auray - Lorient - Quimper | TGV Atlantique |
In the summer, it is possible to board a car train service.
Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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toward Quimper | TGV | toward Paris-Montparnasse |
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Hennebont toward Quimper | Intercités | toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean |
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Hennebont toward Quimper | TER Bretagne 2 | toward Rennes |
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Hennebont toward Quimper | TER Bretagne 3 | toward Nantes |
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Landaul-Mendon toward Lorient | TER Bretagne 12 | toward Vannes |
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toward Auray | TER Bretagne 32 | Terminus |
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