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Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway

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Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
Map of the line until Le Croisic
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Centre-Val de Loire, Pays de la Loire)
Termini
  • Tours
  • Saint-Nazaire
Service
SystemSNCF
Operator(s)SNCF
History
Opened1848 - 1857
Technical
Line length282.4 km (175.5 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz[2]
Operating speed220 km/h (140 mph)
Route map

235.763
Tours
233.020
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
237.390
239.900
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
VaradesSt-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
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
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, following the lower course of the river Loire. 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

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Line history

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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

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  1. ^ "RFF - Map of all railway lines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
  2. ^ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b 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.