Savenay–Landerneau railway

Savenay–Landerneau railway
Map of the line
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France (Pays de la Loire, Brittany)
Termini	Savenay Gare de Landerneau
Operation
Opened	1862-1867
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	245 km (152 mi)
Number of tracks	Savenay-Quimper: Double track Quimper-Landerneau: Single track[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Savenay–Quimper 25 kV 50 Hz[2]
Route map Legend Line from Nantes & Tours 469.477 Savenay(18m) 469.760 Line to Saint-Nazaire & Le Croisic 481.93x Line Sablé – Montoir-de-Bretagne 483.580 Pontchâteau(7m) 483.811 Tunnel de Pontchâteau(152m) 490.059 Drefféac(6m) 494.209 Saint-Gildas-des-Bois(17m) 498.628 Sévérac(21m) 509.689 Line to Rennes 511.354 Redon(12m) 519.905 Saint-Jacut-les-Pins(34m) 528.571 Malansac(85m) 540.326 Line from Ploërmel 540.326 Questembert(100m) 541.100 547.905 La Vraie-Croix(118m) 554.370 Elven(86m) 565.755 Vannes(22m) 581.996 Sainte-Anne-d'Auray(34m) 584.946 Auray (37m) 585.758 Line to Quiberon 588.986 Line to Pontivy 594.110 Landaul - Mendon (23m) 598.216 Landévant (10m) 604.120 Brandérion (25m) 611.260 Hennebont (22m) 619.447 Lorient (16m) 620.095 0.000 4.638 Port de Lorient 628.310 Gestel(47m) 639.694 Quimperlé(37m) 645.340 Mellac - Le Trévoux(76m) 653.987 Bannalec(86m) Line (Metre gauge) from Carhaix 664.604 Rosporden(118m) 665.302 Line to Concarneau 672.050 Saint-Yvi(64m) 684.794 Quimper(6m) 685.603 Tunnel de Quimper(310m) 685.900 Line to Pont-l'Abbé 690.000 Line to Douarnenez 694.876 Tunnel de Plogonnec(231m) 702.562 Quéménéven(68m) Line (Metre gauge) to Camaret 715.201 Châteaulin (53m) Line (Metre gauge) to Carhaix 721.814 Pont-de-Buis 728.690 P-d-B-lès-Quimerc'h (70m) 731.051 Tunnel de Neiz-Vran(431m) 740.360 Hanvec (91m) 750.580 Daoulas (54m) 758.187 Dirinon(103m) 768.264 602.754 Line to Paris-MP 603.559 Landerneau (30m) Line to Brest

The railway from Savenay to Landerneau is an important French 245-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1862 and 1867.^[3]

Traffic

• TGV
• TER Bretagne
• TER Pays de la Loire

Main stations

• Gare de Savenay
• Gare de Redon
• Gare de Vannes
• Gare d'Auray
• Gare de Lorient
• Gare de Quimper
• Gare de Landerneau

Line history

The section between Savenay and Lorient was opened in 1862

• Lorient - Quimper: 1863
• Quimper - Châteaulin: 1864
• Châteaulin - Landerneau: 1867

References

1. "RFF - Map of all railway lines" (PDF).
2. "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
3. Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). ?: Ministère des Travaux Publics. p. ?-?.