Auray station
Auray (French: Gare d'Auray) is a railway station in Auray, Brittany, France. The station was opened on 21 September 1862 is located at kilometric point (KP) 584.946 on the Savenay–Landerneau railway. The station is also the starting point for the Auray–Quiberon railway and Auray–Pontivy railway. The station was built by the operator of the Paris - Orleans railway line. Today, the station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. The line to Pontivy was opened in December 1864, and the line to Quiberon was opened in July 1882. The Auray - Pontivy railway line closed to passenger traffic in October 1949, and is now only used to transport freight. The station is 2 km north-west of the centre of Auray.
Auray railway station | |
Location | Auray, Morbihan, Brittany, |
Coordinates | 47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W |
Line(s) | Savenay–Landerneau railway Auray–Quiberon railway Auray–Pontivy railway |
Distance | 584.946 km |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 4 |
History | |
Opened | 21 September 1862 |
Traffic | |
Passengers (2016) | 774 212 |
Train services
The following services currently call at Auray:
- local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Nantes
- local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Rennes
- local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Auray - Vannes
- local services (TER Bretagne) Auray - Quiberon (summer only)
Series | Train Type | Route | Material | Notes |
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8700 | TGV | Paris Montparnasse - Rennes - Redon - Vannes - Auray - Lorient - Quimper | TGV Atlantique |
In the summer, it is possible to board a car train service.
Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
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toward Quimper | TGV inOui | toward Paris-Montparnasse |
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toward Quimper | TGV inOui (Seasonal: summer) | |||
Hennebont toward Quimper | TER Bretagne 2 | toward Rennes |
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TER Bretagne 3 | toward Nantes |
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Landaul-Mendon toward Quimper | TER Bretagne 19 | toward Vannes |
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Terminus | TER Bretagne 32 (Seasonal: summer) | toward Quiberon |
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare d'Auray. |
- Timetables TER Bretagne (in French)
- Auray-Quiberon timetable