Savenay–Landerneau railway

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]

Savenay–Landerneau railway
Map of the line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	RFF
Locale	France (Pays de la Loire, Brittany)
Termini	Savenay station Landerneau station
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1862–1867
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 km elev. in m Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway to Nantes & Tours 469.477 Savenay 18 469.760 Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway to Saint-Nazaire & Le Croisic 481.930 Sablé–Montoir-de-Bretagne line 483.580 Pontchâteau 7 483.811 Pontchâteau tunnel (152m) 490.059 Drefféac 6 494.209 Saint-Gildas-des-Bois 17 498.628 Sévérac 21 509.689 Rennes–Redon railway to Rennes 511.354 Redon 12 519.905 Saint-Jacut-les-Pins 34 528.571 Malansac 85 540.326 to Ploërmel 540.326 Questembert 100 541.100 547.905 La Vraie-Croix 118 554.370 Elven 86 565.755 Vannes 22 581.996 Sainte-Anne-d'Auray 34 584.946 Auray 37 585.758 Auray–Quiberon railway to Quiberon 588.986 Auray–Pontivy railway to Pontivy 594.110 Landaul – Mendon 23 598.216 Landévant 10 604.120 Brandérion 25 611.260 Hennebont 22 619.447 Lorient 16 620.095 0.000 4.638 Port de Lorient 628.310 Gestel 47 639.694 Quimperlé 37 645.340 Mellac – Le Trévoux 76 653.987 Bannalec 86 Carhaix–Rosporden railway to Carhaix 664.604 Rosporden 118 665.302 Rosporden–Concarneau railway to Concarneau 672.050 Saint-Yvi 64 684.794 Quimper double track  ↓ single track 6 685.603 Quimper tunnel (310m) 685.900 Quimper–Pont-l'Abbé railway to Pont-l'Abbé 690.000 to Douarnenez 694.876 Plogonnec tunnel (231m) 702.562 Quéménéven 68 Châteaulin–Camaret railway to Camaret 715.201 Châteaulin 53 Carhaix–Châteaulin railway to Carhaix 721.814 Pont-de-Buis 728.690 Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerc'h 70 731.051 Neiz-Vran tunnel (431m) 740.360 Hanvec 91 750.580 Daoulas 54 758.187 Dirinon 103 768.264 602.754 Paris–Brest railway to Paris-Montparnasse 603.559 Landerneau 30 Paris–Brest railway to Brest km elev. in m Standard gauge lines metre gauge lines

Traffic

• TGV
• TER Bretagne
• TER Pays de la Loire

Main stations

• Savenay station
• Redon station
• Vannes station
• Auray station
• Lorient station
• Quimper station
• Landerneau station

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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
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. ?-?.