Savenay–Landerneau railway

Savenay–Landerneau railway
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
	elev.
	in m
	Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
	to Nantes & Tours
	Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
	to Saint-Nazaire & Le Croisic
Sablé–Montoir-de-Bretagne line
	Rennes–Redon railway
	to Rennes
Saint-Jacut-les-Pins	34
	Auray–Quiberon railway
	to Quiberon
	Auray–Pontivy railway
	to Pontivy
Landaul – Mendon	23
	620.095
	0.000
	Carhaix–Rosporden railway
	to Carhaix
	Rosporden–Concarneau railway
	to Concarneau
	double track
	↓ single track
	Quimper–Pont-l'Abbé railway
	to Pont-l'Abbé
to Douarnenez
	Châteaulin–Camaret railway
	to Camaret
	Carhaix–Châteaulin railway
	to Carhaix
	768.264
	602.754
	Paris–Brest railway
	to Paris-Montparnasse
	elev.
	in m

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]

Route

Traffic

Main stations

Line history

The section between Savenay and Lorient was opened in 1862

Lorient – Quimper: 1863
Quimper – Châteaulin: 1864
Châteaulin – Landerneau: 1867

References

"RFF – Map of all railway lines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
"RFF – Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
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. ?-?.

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[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).

[Statistique-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. ?-?.