Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway

Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway

Map of the line until Le Croisic
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France (Centre, Pays de la Loire)
Termini Tours
St-Nazaire
Operation
Opening 1848 - 1857
Owner RFF
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 282.4 km (175.5 mi)
No. of tracks Double track[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz[2]
Route map
Legend
235.763 Tours
From Paris/HSL A/Vierzon
233.020 Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
to Poitiers/Chinon/Loches
237.390
239.900 to Le Mans / Châteaudun
244.879 Saint-Genouph
 248.850 Savonnières
 255.811 Cinq-Mars-la-Pile
 260.233 Langeais
 268.989 Saint-Patrice
 276.850 La Chapelle-sur-Loire
Line from Chinon
 281.700 Port-Boulet
 289.702 Varennes-sur-Loire
297.500 Line from Thouars
298.800
299.101 Saumur-Rive-Droite
 299.800
Line to Vivy
306.834 Saint-Martin-de-la-Place
 310.214 Saint-Clément-des-Levées
 314.417 Les Rosiers-sur-Loire
 320.145 La Ménitré
 323.835 Saint-Mathurin-sur-Loire
 330.549 La Bohalle
 336.537 Trélazé
340.134 from Le Mans / Loudun
Angers Maître-École
341.526
342.366 Tunnel André Leroy (82 m)
 342.950 Angers-Saint-Laud
350.327 La Pointe-Bouchemaine
 355.390 Savennières-Béhuard
 358.444
358.445 La Possonnière
Line to Cholet
 36x.500 Saint-Georges-sur-Loire
 372.737 Champtocé-sur-Loire
 376.867 Ingrandes-sur-Loire
 380.812 Montrelais
 385.164 Varades-St-Florent-le-Vieil
 391.1xx Anetz(14m)
 397.238 Ancenis
 406.451 Oudon
 408.319 Tunnel des Folies Siffait (22 m)
 409.040 Tunnel de la Saulzaie (85 m)
 410.039 Clermont-sur-Loire
 410.200 Tunnel de Clermont (101 m)
 412.142 Le Cellier
 415.861 Mauves
 420.885 Thouaré-sur-Loire
 423.637 Sainte-Luce
 427.000 Nantes-Blottereau
428.280
Line from La Rochelle
429.000 to Segré / Saint-Gilles
from Châteaubriant
 429.361
430.420 Nantes
432.155 Héronnière Tunnel (510 m)
 432.155 Chantenay Tunnel (1195 m)
 435.123 Chantenay
 440.291 Basse-Indre-St-Herblain
 445.660 Couëron
 453.500 St-Étienne-de-Montluc
 459.111 Cordemais
 469.477 Savenay(18m)
469.760 Line to Quimper & Landerneau
 480.988 Donges(8m)
487.823 Line from Pontchâteau & Sablé
 488.417 Montoir-de-Bretagne(5m)
 491.735 La Croix-de-Méan(6m)
 493.027 Penhoët(5m)
to port of Saint-Nazaire
494.005
493.658
 Saint-Nazaire(New station) (6m)
 to Le Croisic

The railway from Tours to Saint-Nazaire is an important French 282-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1848 and 1857.[3]

Main stations

Line history

Construction of the railway was started by the Chemin de Fer de Tours à Nantes, that became part of the Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans in 1852.[4] The section between Tours and Saumur was opened in 1848. Saumur was linked to Angers in 1849, and the section between Angers and Nantes was opened in 1851. Finally, the section between Nantes and Saint-Nazaire was opened in 1857.[3]

References

  1. ↑ RFF - Map of all railway lines PDF
  2. ↑ RFF - Map of electrified railway lines PDF
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
  4. ↑ Joanne, Adolphe (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). Paris: L. Hachette. p. 47.