Classic route
Reims-Laon railway
Laon → Reims · France
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Reims-Laon railway in pictures
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- Distance
- 52 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 45 min
- Average speed
- 69 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- SNCF
- Train
- TER Hauts-de-France
- Countries
- France
- In service since
- 1857
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
52 km across the Champagne vineyards and the Chemin des Dames country, from Reims to the cathedral on the hill at Laon.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5681030 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of TER83925 (Zug-Nr. 83925)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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