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Paris–Brest railway
Paris–Brest railway
Railway viaduct in Morlaix
Overview
System
SNCF
Status
Operational
Locale
France (
Île-de-France
,
Centre
,
Lower Normandy
,
Pays de la Loire
,
Brittany
)
Termini
Gare Montparnasse
, Paris
Gare de Brest
Operation
Opened
1840-1865
Owner
RFF
Operator(s)
SNCF
Technical
Line length
622 km (386 mi)
Number of tracks
Double track
Track gauge
1,435 mm
(
4 ft
8
1
⁄
2
in
)
standard gauge
Electrification
Paris–Le Mans
1.5 kV DC
,
Le Mans–Brest
25 kV 50 Hz
Route map
0.0
Former Gare Montparnasse
(57m)
0.5
Paris-Montparnasse
(57m)
1.2
LGV Atlantique
to
Le Mans
and
Bordeaux
3.7
Vanves - Malakoff
(71m)
5.1
Clamart
(77m)
7.6
Meudon
8.5
Bellevue
9.6
Sèvres-Rive-Gauche
12.5
Chaville-Rive-Gauche
RER C
from
Invalides
13.9
Viroflay-Rive-Gauche
(111m)
from
Chaville-Rive-Droite
RER C
to
Versailles-Rive-Gauche
Grande Ceinture
from
Massy – Palaiseau
16.6
Versailles-Chantiers
(132m)
Grande Ceinture
to
Sartrouville
21.4
Saint-Cyr
(159m)
to
Granville
24.0
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
(163m)
27.1
Trappes
(168m)
32.2
La Verrière
(170m)
34.3
Coignières
37.7
Les Essarts-le-Roi
41.8
Le Perray
47.8
Rambouillet
52.7
Gazeran
60.3
Épernon
68.1
Maintenon
72.8
Saint-Piat
77.3
Jouy
81.5
La Villette-Saint-Prest
from
Gallardon
87.1
Chartres
(142m)
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