Classic route
Rennes–Saint-Malo railway
Saint-Malo → Rennes · France
Brittany's run to the sea: 81 km from Rennes to the walled port of Saint-Malo, opened in 1864 and now covered non-stop in three quarters of an hour.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3255199 — 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 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of TER 85432
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Rennes–Saint-Malo railway?
The Rennes–Saint-Malo railway runs 80 km from Saint-Malo to Rennes.
How long does the Rennes–Saint-Malo railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 46 min for the 80 km. That is an average of 104 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 150 km/h.
Who runs the Rennes–Saint-Malo railway?
SNCF, with TER Bretagne.
How old is the Rennes–Saint-Malo railway?
The line has been in service since 1864. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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