Le Mans–Angers railway
Map of the line
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Pays de la Loire)
Termini
  • Le Mans
  • Angers
Service
SystemSNCF
Operator(s)SNCF
History
Opened1863
Technical
Line length132 km (82 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz[2]
Route map
Line from Paris
210.045
Line to Tours
210.541
210.980
 Le Mans
Line to Rennes and Caen
212.375
Racc. de la Plumasserie
213.400
214.171
Ceinture du Mans
219.239
 Saint-Georges–Étival
223.068
 Voivres
229.411
 La Suze
229.411
to La Flèche
239.338
 Noyen
247.193
 Avoise
256.800
from futur HSL BPL
258.030
from La Flèche
258.933
 Sablé-sur-Sarthe
260.143
to Châteaubriant via Segré
267.344
 Pincé-Précigné
273.188
 Morannes
279.319
 Le Porage
283.197
 Étriché–Châteauneuf
287.672
 Tiercé
292.680
 Le Vieux-Briollay
296.516
 Saint-Sylvain–Briollay
301.384
 Écouflant
301.761
to Segré
 Angers Saint-Serge
Line from Tours
305.574
Line from Loudun
305.822
 Angers-Maître-École
306.257
341.526
342.950
 Angers-Saint-Laud
Line to Nantes

The railway from Le Mans to Angers is an important French 132-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in 2 stages in 1863.[3]

Traffic

Main stations

Line history

The section between Le Mans and Sablé (48 km) was opened in March 1863

  • Sablé - Angers (84 km): December 1863

References

  1. ↑ "RFF - Map of all railway lines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
  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). ?: Ministère des Travaux Publics. p. ?–?.


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