Rennes – Redon railway line

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Rennes-Redon
Bridge at Saint-Senoux
Location of the route in France
Route number (SNCF) :	468000
Course book route (SNCF) :	360, 373
Route length:	73.2 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	continuous
Legend Paris – Brest railway line Kilometers from old train station Paris Montparnasse LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire Under construction Châteaubriant – Rennes railway line 373.2 Rennes ⊙ to Brest and the Rennes – Saint-Malo line 377.0 Bare 378.7 Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande 2 connections PSA Peugeot Citroën factory Rennes 382.0 Ker Lann 383.9 Bruz 385.4 Seiche 387.6 Vilaine ⊙ 390.7 Laillé 395.0 Guichen - Bourg-des-Comptes 396.2 Tunnel de la Trottinais ⊙ 178 m 399.5 Saint-Senoux- Pléchâtel 400.8 Viaduc de Cambrée (Vilaine) ⊙ 403.1 Pléchâtel Railway line Châteaubriant – Ploërmel to Châteaubriant ⊙ 410.3 Messac - Guipry ⊙ Railway line Châteaubriant – Ploërmel to Ploërmel 417.5 Viaduc de Corbinières (Vilaine) ⊙ 417.6 Tunnel de Corbinières ⊙ 636 m 421.6 Fougeray - Langon 424.3 Viaduc de Droulin (Vilaine) ⊙ Bretagne / Pays de la Loire regional border 425.9 Beslé via Coismo to Saint-Vincent-des-Landes / Blain 430.4 Massérac 432.2 Don ⊙ 437.0 Avessac 443,521 510,388 ⊙ Savenay – Landerneau railway to Savenay (near Nantes ) 510.8 Vilaine Pays de Loire / Bretagne regional border 511.4 Redon ⊙ Savenay – Landerneau railway to Landerneau (near Brest )

The Rennes – Redon railway is a French railway that connects the cities of Rennes and Redon . It was opened on September 26, 1862 by the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest and is 73.2 km long between the terminus stations, including the end section used jointly with the Savenay – Landerneau railway . At Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon is a Gleisdreieck connected to the railway line Savenay-Landerneau, enabling journeys ( Paris -) Rennes- Vannes - Quimper and Rennes- Nantes , trains on the latter compound ride at Redon over.

The route runs largely in the Vilaine valley . Both endpoints are in the Ille-et-Vilaine in the region of Brittany , it leads also by a piece of the department of Loire-Atlantique and the region Pays de la Loire , in between the viaduct over the River Vilaine at Droulin and the bridge over the same river Redon. In this section there are two active railway stops in Beslé (district of Guémené-Penfao ) and Massérac, a third at Avessac is closed.

The line was expanded to two tracks from 1881 to 1928 and has been electrified since September 10, 1991, since then it has been used by the TGV Atlantique from Paris via Rennes to Quimper.

history

Messac - Guipry station around 1890

Laillé station, beginning of the 20th century

In 1855 the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest was founded through a merger of several railways. The line ( Paris-Montparnasse -) Le Mans-Rennes, which was under construction, belonged to the company . Along with the approval of the merger, concessions for a few more lines were granted to the new company; including the “extensions” Rennes – Brest and Rennes – Redon. In Redon, a connection to the Savenay – Redon – Chateualin railway (from 1867 Savenay – Redon – Landerneau) of the compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans was planned, which was also licensed in 1855. The agreements were signed on February 2 and April 6, and confirmed by an imperial decree on April 7, 1855 .

The line was single-track on a two-track substructure and was opened on September 21, 1862 by the Compagnie de l'Ouest together with the Savenay – Lorient line.

The first section, which was expanded to two tracks, was Massérac – Redon in 1881. It was not until 1913 that Rennes – Bruz and 1914 Bruz – Messac followed. Messac – Massérac had to wait until 1928.

The line has been electrified since 1991 and is used by the TGV Paris – Quimper. In anticipation of the planned opening of the LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire in 2017, extensive construction work was carried out in 2014 and 2015, the route will be continuously converted to the high-performance Block automatique lumineux safety system .

course

Overview with French and Breton place names

Bruz train station

Viaduct at Corbinières. The Vilaine is crossed five times.

Bridge at Langon

Langon station and former reception building

The route follows the Vilaine valley and bypasses boggy areas in arches; she crosses the river five times. Mainly it runs in Ille-et-Vilaine, at the southern end through Loire-Atlantique. The route has not been changed since it was opened, but stations have been added, renamed or closed.

The railway line branches off to the left of the Paris – Brest railway line behind Rennes station and runs south on flat terrain between the roads from Rennes to Nantes and Redon. At Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande , it runs between Rennes Airport and the Rennes PSA car factory; the latter is an important freight customer on the route. The Ker Lann district and the city center of Bruz are approached. On the Viaduct Pierrefitte is Seiche crossing and then for the first time Vlilaine. The route now runs via Laillé and Bourg-des-Comptes on the left bank of the river past the village of Glanret, leads through the tunnel de la Trotinais and changes to the right bank of the river at the Viaduc de Cambrée , passes Pléchâtel and, after a bend in the river, reaches Messac (Ille- et-Vilaine) . It moves away from the Vilaine, leads through the landes de Cormerée and meets the river again. It crosses it on the 104 m long and 22 m high Viaduc de Corbinières ; Immediately afterwards the 630 m long tunnel de Corbinières is passed and then Fougeray - Langon is reached. The Loire-Atlantique department is reached with another crossing of the Vilaine on the Viaduc de Droulin . The train stations in Beslé (district of Guémené-Penfao) and Massérac are served here, as well as the former Avessac train station. The route now crosses a former marshland, which was often flooded in winter, a short distance it leads again through Ille-et-Vilaine. It crosses the Don River and meets the tracks from the direction of Nantes. Shortly before the Redon train station, the Vilaine is crossed one last time.

service

The route is used by around 80 trains per day. In passenger traffic, the TGV Lille / Paris- Lorient- Quimper and regional trains of the TER Bretagne Rennes-Redon-Quimper and Rennes-Nantes, plus freight trains. The route serves as a diversion from Brest to Paris or Paris to Nantes if the direct connections between Le Mans and Rennes or Le Mans and Nantes are interrupted.

Web links

Commons : Ligne Rennes - Redon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Jean-Pierre Nennig, “4: Rennes - Redon”, dans Le chemin de fer de Bretagne sud , JPN Editions , 2008, ISBN 2-9519898-5-7 , pp. 58-68.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ La Ligne de Rennes à Redon , on the website roland.arzul.pagesperso-orange.fr, as of September 20, 2014, accessed on October 22, 2015
2. ^ Rail-Bretagne , accessed on October 22, 2015
3. ^ Convention relative à la fusion des chemins de fer normands et bretons, Bulletin des lois de l'Empire Français, XI, 5, 292 (1855), pp. 818–828, [1] Retrieved October 22, 2015
4. ↑ Décret impérial qui approuve la convention passée les 2 février et 6 avril 1855 entre le ministre de l'agriculture, du commerce et des travaux publics, et les compagnies du chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain, de Paris à Rouen, etc , Bulletin des lois de l'Empire Français, XI, 6, 313 (1855), pp. 57 f [2] Retrieved October 22, 2015
5. ↑ Nennig, p. 59
6. ↑ Louis de Kerjean, Inauguration du chemin de fer de Lorient , Revue de Bretagne, de Vendée & d'Anjou, part 2, J. Forest aîné, Nantes, (1862) pp. 330–334 [3]
7. ↑ Nennig, p. 60
8. ↑ Jean-Pierre Nennig, p. 58 (overview plan)
9. ^ Adolphe Laurent Joanne, "De Rennes à Nantes par Redon", Itinéraire général de la France: Bretagne , L. Hachette, 1867 pp. 357–363 Historical Description (accessed December 1, 2010)
10. ↑ Bernard Collardey, Renouvellement de voie de grande ampleur sur Rennes - Redon , Rail Passion, issue 206, 12/2014, ISSN  1261-3665