Lison–Lamballe railway

Lison–Lamballe railway

Map of the line
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France (Lower Normandy, Brittany)
Termini Lison
Lamballe
Operation
Opening 1860 - 1879
Owner RFF
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 205.7 km (127.8 mi)
No. of tracks Single track from Lison to Avranches
Double track from Avranches to Dol
Single track from Dol to Lamballe[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz from Lison to St-Lô
and a short section near Lamballe[2]
Route map
Legend
 Line from Caen

295.200
0.000
 Lison(7m)
 0,455

Line to Cherbourg
 2.902 Airel(10m)
 7.125 La Meauffe(12m)
 10.396 Pont-Hébert(11m)
 18.467 Saint-Lô(14m)
18.741 to Condé-sur-Vire
 26.213 Canisy(62m)
 31.774 Carantilly - Marigny
 34.574 Cametours(111m)
 39.830 Belval(130m)
47.601 from Sottevast
 47.984 Coutances(49m)
54.1xx from Regnéville-sur-Mer
 54.837 Orval - Hyenville
 57.739 Quettreville(19m)
 63.780 Cérences(26m)
 69.919 Hudimesnil(93m)

Line to Granville
75.305 Folligny(126m)
76.848 Line to Argentan
80.145 La Haye-Pesnel(90m)
 86.407 Montviron - Sartilly
 93.929 Avranches(11m)
 100.135 Pontaubault(15m)
100.300 to Domfront
 108.043 Servon - Tanis(13m)
 115.414
115.832 Pontorson - Mt-St-M.
to Fougères
to le Mont-St-Michel
 121.099 Pleine-Fougères(35m)
 128.579 La Boussac(36m)
136.781 Line from Saint-Malo
 137.511 Dol-de-Bretagne(21m)
138,298 Line to Rennes
145,763 Plerguer(22m)
150.172 from Gouesnière - Cancale
 150.572 Miniac-Morvan(24m)
 155.884 Pleudihen(33m)
158.903 Rance river (101m)
 159.587 La Hisse(42m)

164.200 to Dinard
 169.940 Dinan(76m)
to La Brohinière
 174.532 Corseul - L.(123m)
 183.131 Plancoët(8m)
 191.549 Landébia(59m)
 197.4xx Quintenic - P.(102m)
E.P. (private)
Line from Rennes
 205.577
206.007
454.259
 Lamballe(56m)
Line to Saint-Brieuc

The railway from Lison to Lamballe is an important French 205.7-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1860 and 1879.[3]

Main stations

Line history

The line was opened in several stages between 1860 and 1879.

References

  1. ↑ RFF - Map of all railway lines PDF
  2. ↑ RFF - Map of electrified railway lines PDF
  3. ↑ Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160.