Paris – Brest railway line

Paris – Brest
Route number (SNCF) :	420,000
Course book route (SNCF) :	350 Paris – Le Mans 351 Le Mans – Brest
Route length:	622.4 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	1.5 kV (Paris – Le Mans)  =
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz (Le Mans – Brest)  ~
Top speed:	220 km / h
Dual track :	Paris – Brest
Legend 0.0 formerly Paris-Montparnasse 57 m 0.5 Paris-Montparnasse 57 m 2.1 Chemin de Fer de Petite Ceinture 2.5 LGV Atlantique to Le Mans and Tours Montrouge - Châtillon 3.7 Vanves-Malakoff 71 m 5.1 Clamart 77 m 7.11 Meudon Railway Viaduct (142.7 m) RER C 7.6 Meudon 87 m 8.5 Bellevue 90 m 9.6 Sèvres-Rive-Gauche 96 m 12.5 Chaville-Rive-Gauche 107 m RER C from Invalides 13.9 Viroflay Rive Gauche 111 m Connecting track to the Paris-St-Lazare-Versailles railway line RER C to Versailles-Rive-Gauche Grande Ceinture by Massy-Palaiseau 16.6 Versailles chantiers 132 m Grande Ceinture to Sartrouville 21.4 Saint-Cyr 159 m Railway line Saint-Cyr-Surdon to Dreux 24.0 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 163 m 27.1 Trappes 168 m 32.2 La Verrière 170 m 34.3 Coignières 169 m 37.7 Les Essarts-le-Roi 174 m 41.8 Le Perray 175 m 47.8 Rambouillet 161 m 52.7 Gazeran 163 m 60.3 Epernon 120 m 67.6 Auneau-Ville – Dreux railway from Dreux 68.1 Maintenon 121 m 68.3 Voise ( Viaduc de Maintenon ; 315 m) Auneau-Ville – Dreux line to Auneau 72.8 Saint-Piat 117 m 77.3 Jouy 121 m 81.5 La Villette-Saint-Perst 124 m 85.4 Yours (18 m) 86.3 Ouest-Ceinture – Chartres railway from Gallardon 87.1 Chartres 143 m Railway line Chartres – Dreux to Dreux 88.4 Chartres – Orléans rail line to Orléans 88.6 Chartres – Bordeaux line to Courtalain 94.2 Amilly-Ouerray 164 m 98.6 Saint-Aubin-Saint-Luperce 161 m connection 105.9 Courville-sur-Eure 174 m 108.6 Viaduc de la Rivière ( Eure ) (18 m) 113.4 Pontgouin 191 m 123.1 La Loupe – Prey railway from Senonches 123.6 La Loupe 209 m Railway line Brou – La Loupe to Brou connection 134.3 Bretoncelles 156 m Alençon – Condé-sur-Huisne railway from Alençon 140.9 Condé-sur-Huisne 121 m 142.0 Huisne ( Viaduc de Grillant ; 30 m) 148.1 Nogent-le-Rotrou 109 m Railway line Arrou – Nogent-le-Rotrou to Arrou connection 159.0 Le Theil-La-Rouge 104 m connection 169.0 La Ferté-Bernard 92 m 178.1 Sceaux-Boëssé 80 m Mamers – Saint Calais railway from Bonnétable connection 186.7 Connerré - Beillé 70 m Railway line Mamers – Saint Calais to Saint-Calais LGV Atlantique from Paris-Montparnasse LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire to Rennes 190.9 Junction from Connerré 192.5 Huisne (35 m) 193.9 Montfort-le-Gesnois 64 m 197.2 Saint-Mars-la-Brière 61 m connection 199.6 Champagne 65 m 204.1 Yvré-l'Évêque 57 m 205.2 Pont sur l ' Huisne (50 m) 209.2 Tours – Le Mans railway from Tours 211.0 Le Mans 51 m 205.2 Sarthe ( Viaduc des Tabacs ; 60 m) 212.4 Le Mans – Angers railway line to Angers 213.4 Current change 1.5 kV = / 25 Hz 50 kV ~ 214.9 Le Mans – Mézidon to Mézidon railway line LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire to Rennes 222.0 La Milesse - La Bazoge 76 m Junction from La Milesse 231.2 Domfront-en-Champagne 121 m 234.7 Conlie 128 m 241.3 Crissé 144 m 244.1 Sillé-le-Guillaume – La Hutte-Coulombiers railway from La Hutte-Coulombiers 246.5 Sillé-le-Guillaume 162 m 246.6 Railway Juigné-sur-Sarthe – Sillé-le-Guillaume n. Juigné 252.4 Rouessé-Vassé 151 m 257.6 connection 260.0 Voutré 143 m 262.6 Erve (6 m) 269.4 Evron 113 m 274.0 Connection to Neau-EP Dolomie 275.1 Jouanne (7 m) 275.5 Neau 92 m 281.4 Montsûrs 78 m 288.8 Chapelle-Anthenaise-Flers railway from Flers 288.9 La Chapelle-Anthenaise 105 m 294.6 Louverné 79 m LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire to Rennes 298.8 Laval – Gennes-Longuefuye railway from Château-Gontier 300.1 Laval 70 m 300.8 Mayenne (132 m) 302.2 Railway Laval – Pouancé to Pouancé LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire to Rennes 310.0 Le Genest 89 m 317.1 Port-Brillet 112 m 321.5 Saint-Pierre-la-Cour 133 m connection 335.9 Vitré 90 m 336.3 Vitré – Pontorson railway to La Selle-en-Luitré Railway line Martigné-Ferchaud-Vitré to Châteaubriant connection 345.8 Les Lacs 59 m 349.7 Vilaine ( Viaduc de la Fontenelle ; 20 m) 352.6 Châteaubourg 45 m 357.3 Servon 49 m 362.2 Noyal - Acigné 47 m 367.9 Cesson-Sévigné 33 m 370.0 LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire from Le Mans 371.2 Châteaubriant – Rennes railway from Châteaubriant 373.3 Rennes 31 m Rennes – Redon railway line to Redon 375.7 Vilaine ( Pont de Port-Cahours' ; 37 m) Rennes – Saint-Malo line to Saint-Malo 385.1 L'Hermitage-Mordelles 45 m connection 391.4 Breteil 51 m 395.5 Montfort-sur-Meu 42 m 405.5 Montauban-de-Bretagne 67 m connection 410.6 La Brohinière 79 m Ploërmel – La Brohinière railway to Mauron 411.1 Railway line La Brohinière – Dinan to Dinan 415.4 Quédillac 417.2 Rance (12 m) 419.5 Caulnes 81 m 427.8 Broons 67 m 438.1 Plénée-Jugon 67 m 438.1 Arguenon (8 m) 447.0 Plestan 90 m connection 451.4 Venelle (6 m) 452.3 Gouessant (9 m) Lison – Lamballe railway from Lison 454.3 Lamballe 56 m 465.0 Yffiniac 52 m 473.5 Saint-Brieuc – Le Légué railway from Le Légué 474.1 Viaduc ferroviaire du Gouédic (126 m) 474.6 Saint-Brieuc 99 m 475.1 Railway Saint-Brieuc – Pontivy to Loudéac 474.1 Viaduc de La Méaugon (221 m) 481.2 La Méaugon 126 m 485.0 Plouvara-Plerneuf 163 m 491.9 Châtelaudren-Plouagat 125 m 504.7 Guingamp 99 m 505.8 Trieux (48 m) Réseau Breton after Carhaix 506.2 Réseau Breton railway line Guingamp – Paimpol to Paimpol 514.6 Pédernec - Tréglamus 145 m 519.8 Belle-Isle-Bégard 154 m 525.7 Trégrom 100 m 530.9 Plouaret-Trégor 123 m 531.2 Plouaret – Lannion railway to Lannion 532.6 Tunnel de Guerbastiou 1 (136 m) 532.8 Tunnel de Guerbastiou 2 (137 m) 539.1 Plounérin 157 m 545.0 Le Ponthou 106 m 545.4 Viaduc du Ponthou (113 m) 553.4 Plouigneau 140 m 562.4 Viaduc de Morlaix (275 m) 562.8 Morlaix 61 m 565.4 Morlaix – Roscoff to Roscoff railway line connection 571.8 Pleyber Christ 131 m 577.4 Saint-Thégonnec 129 m 580.3 Penzé 581.7 Guimiliau 112 m 589.1 Landivisiau 53 m 599.0 La Roche-Maurice 21 m Savenay – Landerneau railway from Quimper 603.6 Landerneau 21 m 608.4 La Forest 14 m Connection (EP) pyrotechnics 614.8 Viaduc de Kerhuon (200 m) 615.0 Kerhuon 33 m 618.3 Le Rody 19 m 618.4 To the port 622.4 Brest 43 m

The Paris – Brest railway is a railway line that connects the capital Paris with Brest via Le Mans and Rennes . The entire line has been in operation since 1865. Today mostly passenger trains use the route. From Rennes also the French high-speed train TGV . Since the LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire went into operation, it has taken around 3.5 hours from Paris to Brest.

history

The route was opened gradually. The Paris– Versailles section went into operation in 1840, the extension to Chartres in July 1849. The line reached Rennes in May 1857, Guingamp in September 1863 and finally Brest in 1865.

Many different route options were discussed. On a map from 1853, the route ran through Montfort-sur-Meu , Napoléonville and Châteaulin . It circumnavigated the Monts d'Arrée to the south. Finally it was decided to run the route north around the Monts d'Arrée.

Some sections remained single-track for a long time. The section from Rennes to Saint-Brieuc and that from Guingamp to Kerhuon were still single-track in 1892.

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  Old Paris-Montparnasse train station

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  Viaduct in Morlaix, 1920s

Route

Meudon railway viaduct near Paris

Between Paris and Le Mans, the route mostly runs in a south-westerly direction. The route is electrified with 1.5 kilovolts direct current up to Le Mans, from there with 25 kilovolt 50 Hertz alternating current . The route is two-pronged. From Paris-Montparnasse to La Verrière it has had four tracks since 1934.

Since the LGV Atlantique went into operation in 1989 and the LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire in 2017, long-distance traffic has been (almost) exclusively on these high-speed routes .

From Rennes the route runs west. Since September 12, 1989, this section has been electrified with 25 kilovolt 50 Hertz.

The route has gradients of up to 10 ‰, between Rennes and Brest. It was planned to use the TGV Pendulaire there .

Infrastructure

Most of the route is equipped with the automatique lumineux block . Otherwise it is secured with the block automatique à permissivité restreinte (BAPR). The maximum speed between Rennes and Brest is 200 km / h on some sections. The permanent de contre-sens (IPCS) ( German permanent system for driving on the wrong track , corresponds to the German track changing operation ) is installed between Saint-Brieuc and Guingamp .

business

The route is served by trains from TER Bretagne , Center and Pays de la Loire . Transilien N trains run between Paris-Montparnasse and Rambouillet . TGV use the route between Connerré and Brest.

Web links

Commons : Paris – Brest railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ François et Maguy Palau, Le rail en France - Les 80 premières lignes 1820 - 1851 , p. 178
2. ^ Jean Dhombres: La Bretagne des savants et des ingénieurs: 1825-1900 . Center de la culture Scientifique, Technique et industrial et Ouest-France, Rennes 1993, ISBN 978-2-7373-1423-0 , pp. 67 .
3. ↑ Le Temps n ° 11400 du 8 août 1892, look it up at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k233406f/f2.image.r=Kerhuon.langFR (left page, article name Les manœuvres navales ).
4. ^ Gérard Blier, Nouvelle Géographie ferroviaire de la France, Tome 2: L'organization régionale du trafic (Gérard Blier) , 1993, La Vie du Rail.