High-speed route
TGV Paris–Brest
Paris → Brest · France
TGV Paris–Brest in pictures
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- Distance
- 612 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 25 min
- Average speed
- 179 km/h
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
- Operator
- SNCF Voyageurs
- Train
- TGV inOui
- Countries
- France
- In service since
- 2017
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
To Brittany’s Atlantic tip: the 2017 LGV to Rennes, then the granite north coast by Saint-Brieuc and Morlaix’s viaduct to the naval roadstead of Brest.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7.5 km
- 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
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