Classic route
Paris–Granville Line
Paris → Granville · France
- Distance
- 327 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 05 min
- Average speed
- 106 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- SNCF
- Train
- SNCF Régiolis
- Countries
- France
- In service since
- 1870
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Paris to the Channel the Norman way: through Dreux and Argentan to the walled harbour of Granville, no TGV in sight.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3411191 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 31 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: SNCF Connect — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in FR) ↗
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