Le Mans–Angers railway

The railway from Le Mans to Angers is an important French 132-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in 2 stages in 1863.[3]

Le Mans–Angers railway
Map of the line
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France (Pays de la Loire)
Termini	Le Mans Angers
Operation
Opened	1863
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	132 km (82 mi)
Number 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 - Line from Paris 210.045 Line to Tours 210.541 210.980 Le Mans Line to Rennes and Caen 212.375 Racc. de la Plumasserie 213.400 214.171 Ceinture du Mans 219.239 Saint-Georges–Étival 223.068 Voivres 229.411 La Suze 229.411 to La Flèche 239.338 Noyen 247.193 Avoise 256.800 from futur HSL BPL 258.030 from La Flèche 258.933 Sablé-sur-Sarthe 260.143 to Châteaubriant via Segré 267.344 Pincé-Précigné 273.188 Morannes 279.319 Le Porage 283.197 Étriché–Châteauneuf 287.672 Tiercé 292.680 Le Vieux-Briollay 296.516 Saint-Sylvain–Briollay 301.384 Écouflant 301.761 to Segré Angers Saint-Serge Line from Tours 305.574 Line from Loudun 305.822 Angers-Maître-École 306.257 341.526 342.950 Angers-Saint-Laud Line to Nantes

Traffic

• TGV
• TER Pays de la Loire
• freight

Main stations

• Gare du Mans
• Sablé-sur-Sarthe
• Gare d'Angers Saint-Laud

Line history

The section between Le Mans and Sablé (48 km) was opened in March 1863

• Sablé - Angers (84 km): December 1863

References

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. 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). ?: Ministère des Travaux Publics. p. ?–?.