Gare d'Auray

Auray
Auray railway station
Location	Auray, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Coordinates	47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W / 47.68000°N 2.99917°W / 47.68000; -2.99917Coordinates: 47°40′48″N 2°59′57″W / 47.68000°N 2.99917°W / 47.68000; -2.99917
Line(s)	Savenay–Landerneau railway Auray–Quiberon railway Auray–Pontivy railway
Platforms	4
History
Opened	21 September 1862

Auray is a railway station in Auray, Brittany, France. The station was opened on 21 September 1862 is located on the Savenay–Landerneau railway, Auray–Quiberon railway and Auray–Pontivy railway. The station was built by the operator of the Paris - Orleans railway line. Today, the station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités (long distance) and TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. The line to Pontivy was opened in December 1864, and the line to Quiberon was opened in July 1882. The Auray - Pontivy railway line closed to passenger traffic in October 1949, and is now only used to transport freight. The station is 2 km north-west of the centre of Auray.

Train services

The following services currently call at Auray:

intercity services (Intercités) Quimper - Nantes - La Rochelle - Bordeaux
local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Nantes
local services (TER Bretagne) Quimper - Lorient - Vannes - Redon - Rennes
local services (TER Bretagne) Lorient - Auray - Vannes
local services (TER Bretagne) Auray - Quiberon (summer only)

Series	Train Type	Route	Material	Notes
8700	TGV	Paris Montparnasse - Rennes - Redon - Vannes - Auray - Lorient - Quimper	TGV Atlantique

In the summer, it is possible to board a car train service.

Preceding station	SNCF	Following station
Lorient toward Quimper	TGV	Vannes toward Paris-Montparnasse
Hennebont toward Quimper	Intercités	Vannes toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
Hennebont toward Quimper	TER Bretagne 2	Vannes toward Rennes
Hennebont toward Quimper	TER Bretagne 3	Vannes toward Nantes
Landaul-Mendon toward Lorient	TER Bretagne 12	Sainte-Anne toward Vannes
Belz-Ploemel toward Auray	TER Bretagne 32	Terminus

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gare d'Auray.

Timetables TER Bretagne (French)
Auray-Quiberon timetable

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