Lison–Lamballe railway

Lison–Lamballe railway
Map of the line
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France (Lower Normandy, Brittany)
Termini	Lison Lamballe
Operation
Opened	1860 - 1879
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	205.7 km (127.8 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track from Lison to Avranches Double track from Avranches to Dol Single track from Dol to Lamballe[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz from Lison to St-Lô and a short section near Lamballe[2]
Route map Legend Line from Caen 295.200 0.000 Lison(7m) 0,455 Line to Cherbourg 2.902 Airel(10m) 7.125 La Meauffe(12m) 10.396 Pont-Hébert(11m) 18.467 Saint-Lô(14m) 18.741 to Condé-sur-Vire 26.213 Canisy(62m) 31.774 Carantilly - Marigny 34.574 Cametours(111m) 39.830 Belval(130m) 47.601 from Sottevast 47.984 Coutances(49m) 54.1xx from Regnéville-sur-Mer 54.837 Orval - Hyenville 57.739 Quettreville(19m) 63.780 Cérences(26m) 69.919 Hudimesnil(93m) Line to Granville 75.305 Folligny(126m) 76.848 Line to Argentan 80.145 La Haye-Pesnel(90m) 86.407 Montviron - Sartilly 93.929 Avranches(11m) 100.135 Pontaubault(15m) 100.300 to Domfront 108.043 Servon - Tanis(13m) 115.414 115.832 Pontorson - Mt-St-M. to Fougères to le Mont-St-Michel 121.099 Pleine-Fougères(35m) 128.579 La Boussac(36m) 136.781 Line from Saint-Malo 137.511 Dol-de-Bretagne(21m) 138,298 Line to Rennes 145,763 Plerguer(22m) 150.172 from Gouesnière - Cancale 150.572 Miniac-Morvan(24m) 155.884 Pleudihen(33m) 158.903 Rance river (101m) 159.587 La Hisse(42m) 164.200 to Dinard 169.940 Dinan(76m) to La Brohinière 174.532 Corseul - L.(123m) 183.131 Plancoët(8m) 191.549 Landébia(59m) 197.4xx Quintenic - P.(102m) E.P. (private) Line from Rennes 205.577 206.007 454.259 Lamballe(56m) Line to Saint-Brieuc

The railway from Lison to Lamballe is an important French 205.7-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1860 and 1879.^[3]

Main stations

• Gare de Lison
• Gare de Saint-Lô
• Gare de Folligny
• Gare de Dol-de-Bretagne
• Gare de Dinan
• Gare de Lamballe

Line history

The line was opened in several stages between 1860 and 1879.

References

1. "RFF - Map of all railway lines" (PDF).
2. "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
3. Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160.