Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
| Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway | |||
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 Map of the line until Le Croisic | |||
| Overview | |||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Owner | RFF | ||
| Locale | France (Centre, Pays de la Loire) | ||
| Termini |
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| Service | |||
| System | SNCF | ||
| Operator(s) | SNCF | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1848 - 1857 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 282.4 km (175.5 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
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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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Joanne, Adolphe (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). Paris: L. Hachette. p. 47.
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