Tours–Le Mans railway

Tours–Le Mans railway

Map of the line
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France (Centre, Pays de la Loire)
Termini Tours
Le Mans
Operation
Opening 1858
Owner RFF
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 96 km (60 mi)
No. of tracks Double track[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification non electrified[2]
Route map
Legend
235.763 Tours
From Paris/LGV A/Vierzon
233.020 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
to Poitiers/Chinon/Loches
237.390
239.900 Line to Nantes
 241.893 Loire bridge (360 m)
242.686 Fondettes-Saint-Cyr
 246.830 Membrolle/Choisille
246.900 Line to Châteaudun
 248.576 Mettray
 255.765 St-Antoine-du-Rocher
 263.404 Neuillé-Pont-Pierre
 272.014 Saint-Paterne
 278.780 Dissay\Courcillon
283.093 Line from Bessé-sur-Braye
 283.093
283.889 Château-du-Loir
Line to Villiers-au-Bouin
291.701 Vaas
295.152 Line from La Flèche
 295.902 Aubigné-Racan
 304.891 Mayet
 312.260 Écommoy
 319.332 Laigné-Saint-Gervais
 325.795 Arnage
328.490
331.530 Ceinture du Mans
333.261
210.045
 Line to Paris
210.980 Le Mans
Line to Angers
Line to Rennes
 to Argentan & Caen

The railway from Tours to Le Mans is a French 96-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in 1858.[3]

The line is non-electrified, only around Tours and Le Mans.

Main stations

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.