High-speed route
TGV Paris–Quimper
Paris → Quimper · France
Brittany’s other arm: the same 2017 high speed line to Rennes, where the Brest and Quimper halves of the train part company, then south to the Morbihan coast by Vannes, Auray and Lorient to Quimper in Finistère.
- Distance
- 607 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 33 min
- Average speed
- 171 km/h
- Top speed
- 320 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGare Montparnasse +2
- 363 kmRennes +4
- 434 kmRedon +2
- 488 kmVannes +1
- 507 kmAuray +1
- 541 kmLorient +1
- 562 kmQuimperlé +1
- 586 kmRosporden +1
- 606 kmQuimper +1
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2826657: 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 11 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: SNCF Connect, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the TGV Paris–Quimper?
The TGV Paris–Quimper runs 607 km from Paris to Quimper.
How long does the TGV Paris–Quimper take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 33 min for the 607 km. That is an average of 171 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 320 km/h.
Who runs the TGV Paris–Quimper?
SNCF Voyageurs, with TGV inOui.
How old is the TGV Paris–Quimper?
The line has been in service since 2017. 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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