Gare d'Auray

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Auray SNCF

Auray railway station
Station statistics
Address Auray, Morbihan,
Brittany,  France
Coordinates 47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W / 47.68000°N 2.99917°W / 47.68000; -2.99917Coordinates: 47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W / 47.68000°N 2.99917°W / 47.68000; -2.99917
Line(s) Savenay–Landerneau railway
Auray–Quiberon railway
Auray–Pontivy railway
Platforms 4
Other information
Opened 21 September 1862

Auray is a railway station in Auray, Brittany, France. The station was opened on 21 September 1862 is located on the Savenay–Landerneau railway, Auray–Quiberon railway and Auray–Pontivy railway. The station was built by the operator of the Paris - Orleans railway line. Today, the station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. The line to Pontivy was opened in December 1864, and the line to Quiberon was opened in July 1882. The Auray - Pontivy railway line closed to passenger traffic in October 1949, and is now only used to transport freight. The station is 2 km north-west of the centre of Auray.

Train services

The following services currently call at Auray:

  • intercity services (Intercités) Quimper - Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
  • local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Nantes
  • local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Rennes
  • local services (TER Bretagne) Lorient - Auray - Vannes
  • local services (TER Bretagne) Auray - Quiberon (summer only)
Series Train Type Route Material Notes
8700 TGV Paris Montparnasse - Rennes - Redon - Vannes - Auray - Lorient - Quimper TGV Atlantique

In the summer, it is possible to board a car train service.

Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Quimper
 TGV
Hennebont
toward Quimper
 Intercités
Hennebont
toward Quimper
 TER Bretagne 2
toward Rennes
Hennebont
toward Quimper
 TER Bretagne 3
toward Nantes
Landaul-Mendon
toward Lorient
 TER Bretagne 12
toward Vannes
toward Auray
 TER Bretagne 32 Terminus

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