Plouaret – Lannion railway line

Plouaret – Lannion
Platform scene at Lannion train station
Route number (SNCF) :	446000
Course book route (SNCF) :	353
Route length:	16 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	80 km / h
Legend From Paris – Rennes 530.9 Plouaret- Trégor To Brest 538.5 Kerauzern to Ploubezre from Plestin Chemins de fer armoricains train station 547.2 Lannion Station Lannion-Ouest Chemins de fer the Cotes-du-Nord to Tréguier Harbor tracks

The Plouaret – Lannion railway in France connects the city of Lannion with the Paris – Brest railway . It lies entirely in the Breton department of Côtes-d'Armor , starts at the Plouaret train station and is 16 kilometers long, single-track and electrified. It is number 446000 at SNCF Réseau and its extension to the port of Lannion was number 446506.

development

Plouaret branch station

Former Kerauzern train station

In 1990 an X 2100 was waiting in front of what was then Lannion station

Today's Lannion station building

The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest (Ouest) opened the Plouaret station on April 26, 1865 together with the Guingamp - Brest section . The mayor of Lannion managed that this station was then called Plouaret-Lannion . Nevertheless, Lannion was dissatisfied with its virtually non-existent rail connection. The city fathers now fought for a branch line. After ten years they succeeded. On December 31, 1875, the Ouest was granted a concession for this route and public interest in it was established. Six years later, on November 13, 1881, the railway was opened. The only intermediate station was in Kerauzern, a hamlet that belongs to Ploubezre , five kilometers away . There was a siding there, the station building was combined with a barrier post.

In Lannion there was a connection to two meter-gauge lines, the stations of which were diagonally behind the long-distance train station. From 1906 to 1949 there was a line of the Chemins de fer des Côtes-du-Nord from Lannion to Tréguier . The Chemins de fer armoricains operated from 1916 a railway to Plestin-les-Grèves , which passed to the Chemins de fer des Côtes-du-Nord in 1920 and was closed in 1933 (passenger traffic) and 1937 (freight traffic).

In 1922, the railway was extended to the port in the town; this section was in operation until 1980.

The Kerauzern train station was closed in 1993, and since then only the two terminus stations have been used as access points.

At the end of the 20th century supply and demand declined. One problem was the lack of electrification, which made continuous connections difficult. That is why the line was electrified. Lannion train station was rebuilt. The route was taken back 71 m, a new station building was built upside down on the vacated area, the old station building on the side was demolished. On July 30, 2000, traffic was resumed, now with through regional trains (TER) to Saint-Brieuc and individual TGVs to Paris Montparnasse .

In 2014 the line was modernized, but the planned increase in line speed to 110 to 140 km / h was not implemented.

The route is operated daily in summer and only on weekends in winter from the TGV to Paris and back. The LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire opens in July 2017 . After that, the TGV to Paris should only need 3 hours 13 minutes.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ N ° 4907 - Loi qui déclare d'utilité publique l'établissement de plusieurs chemins de fer et approuve la convention passée avec la Compagnie de l'Ouest pour la concession desdits chemins de fer , “Law that the public interest in several railways declares and approves the agreement with the Ouest ”, Bulletin des lois de la République Française, XII, 11, 286, (1875), pp. 1310-1315, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
2. ↑ Français Collardey: Modernization du parcours Plouaret - Lannion , magazine Rail Passion 209, March 2015, page 9
3. ↑ Lannion 3 h 13 from Paris (fr) , article by Le Tregor of December 30, 2016