List of railway lines in France
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Railway map of France in 2020. medium et large formats. This is a list of railway lines in France , belonging either to the national network (SNCF Réseau ) or to private owners.
Under Construction
Projected
Proposed
Radial lines
Centered on Paris, from the north and clockwise:
International lines
Fives–Mouscron railway (Belgium, via Roubaix)Fives–Tournai railway (Belgium, via Baisieux)Douai–Quiévrain (Belgium, via Valenciennes)
Hautmont–Mons railway (Belgium, via Feignies)Metz–Luxembourg railway (via Zoufftgen)Metz–Überherrn (Germany, freight only, abandoned between Metz and Anzeling)
Rémilly–Saarbrücken railway (Germany)Appenweier–Strasbourg railway (Germany, via Kehl)Mulhouse–Müllheim (Germany)
Strasbourg–Basel railway (Switzerland, via Mulhouse)Besançon–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches (Switzerland, via Morteau)
Frasne–Les Verrières (Switzerland, via Pontarlier)
Dijon–Vallorbe (Switzerland, via Dole and Frasne)
Lyon–Geneva railway (Switzerland, via Ambérieu and Bellegarde)Annemasse–Geneva railway (Switzerland, partly under construction)Longeray-Léaz–Le Bouveret (Switzerland, via Annemasse and Évian)
Turin–Modane railway (Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel)Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya)
Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (Italy, via Toulon and Nice)Narbonne–Portbou railway (Spain)Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway (Spain, via Pamiers and Foix)Pau–Canfranc railway (abandoned beyond Bedous)Bordeaux–Irun railway (Spain, via Dax and Bayonne)Abandoned:
Other interregional lines
Northern France
Amagne-Lucquy–Revigny (freight only, abandoned beyond Challerange)
Amiens–Rouen railway Fives–Hirson (via Valenciennes and Aulnoye)
Hirson–Amagne-Lucquy (abandoned beyond Liart)
Longueau–Boulogne railway Mohon–Thionville
Pierrelaye–Creil
Reims–Laon railway Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway (abandoned beyond Gisors)Saint-Just-en-Chaussée–Douai (via Montdidier, Péronne and Cambrai, partly abandoned)
Soissons–Givet (via Reims and Charleville-Mézières, Soissons-Bazoches abandoned)
Trilport–Bazoches
Eastern France
Andelot-en-Montagne–La Cluse (via Champagnole, Saint-Claude and Oyonnax)
Berthelming–Sarreguemines
Blainville-Damelevières–Lure (via Épinal)
Bologne–Pagny-sur-Meuse (via Neufchâteau, partly abandoned)
Culmont-Chalindrey–Toul (via Neufchâteau)
Coolus–Sens (via Troyes, freight only, partly abandoned)
Le Coteau–Montchanin (via Paray-le-Monial, partly abandoned)
Dijon–Saint-Amour (via Louhans)
Gretz-Armainvilliers–Sézanne (abandoned beyond La Ferté-Gaucher)
Haguenau–Hargarten-Falck (partly abandoned)
Is-sur-Tille–Culmont-Chalindrey
Longueville–Esternay (abandoned beyond Villiers-Saint-Georges)
Mâcon–Ambérieu (via Bourg-en-Bresse)
Mommenheim–Sarreguemines
Mouchard–Bourg-en-Bresse (via Lons-le-Saunier)
Moulins–Mâcon (abandoned beyond Paray-le-Monial)
Paray-le-Monial–Givors (via Lozanne and Tassin)
Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple–Hagondange (via Sainte-Menehould and Verdun)
Strasbourg–Saint-Dié (via Molsheim)
Villeneuve-Saint-Georges–Montargis (abandoned beyond Malesherbes) Abandoned:
Jessains–Sorcy
Lutzelbourg–Drulingen
Mézy–Romilly-sur-Seine
Montargis–Sens
Saint-Julien (Troyes)–Saint-Florentin-Vergigny
Southern France
Agen–Vic-en-Bigorre railway (freight only, abandoned beyond Auch)Béziers-Neussargues (ligne des Causses, via Millau)Bordeaux–Sète railway (via Montauban, Toulouse and Narbonne)Bourges–Miécaze (abandoned beyond Montluçon)
Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse railway (via Figeac and Gaillac)Clermont-Ferrand–Saint-Just-sur-Loire
Coutras–Tulle (via Périgueux)
Eygurande-Merlines–Clermont-Ferrand
Givors–Grezan (Grezan = Nîmes, right Rhône bank)
Limoges–Périgueux
Livron–Aspres-sur-Buëch
Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble and Aix-en-Provence)
Montluçon–Saint-Sulpice-Laurière (via Guéret)
Morcenx–Bagnères-de-Bigorre (via Mont-de-Marsan and Tarbes)
Port-Sainte-Marie–Riscle (freight only, abandoned beyond Condom)
Saint-Georges-d'Aurac–Saint-Étienne (via Le Puy en Velay)
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Nîmes (Ligne des Cévennes, via Gannat, Clermont-Ferrand and Alès)
Souillac–Viescamp-sous-Jallès
Tarascon–Sète (via Nîmes and Montpellier)
Toulouse–Bayonne railway (via Pau)
Western France
Brétigny–La Membrolle-sur-Choisille (via Dourdan and Vendôme)
Chartres–Bordeaux (via Saumur, Niort and Saintes, partly abandoned)
Châteaubriant–Rennes
Évreux–Quetteville (via Pont-Audemer, freight only, abandoned between Évreux and Glos-Montfort)
Limoges-Bénédictins–Angoulême
Lison–Lamballe railway (via Saint-Lô, Dol-de-Bretagne and Dinan)Le Mans–Angers railway Le Mans–Mézidon (via Alençon)
Mignaloux-Nouaillé–Bersac (abandoned beyond Le Dorat)
Nantes–Saintes (via La Rochelle)
Paris–Chartres (via Gallardon, abandoned between Paris and Gallardon)
Rennes–Redon railway Les Sables-d'Olonne–Tours (via Bressuire and Chinon, partly abandoned)
Saint-Benoît–Le Blanc (abandoned beyond Jardres)
Saint-Cyr–Surdon (part of Paris–Granville connection)
Savenay–Landerneau railway (via Redon, Vannes and Quimper)Tours–Le Mans railway Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway Abandoned:
La Chapelle-Anthenaise–Flers
Alsace
Colmar–Metzeral
Lutterbach–Kruth (via Cernay)
Sélestat–Saverne (abandoned beyond Molsheim)
Strasbourg–Lauterbourg
Vendenheim–Wissembourg Abandoned:
Bouxwiller–Ingwiller
Steinbourg–Obermodern
Aquitaine
Bayonne–Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway Dax–Mont-de-Marsan (freight only, partly abandoned)
Lamothe–Arcachon
Libourne–Le Buisson (via Bergerac)
Niversac–Agen
Puyoô–Dax
Ravezies–Pointe-de-Grave
Saint-Sever–Hagetmau
Siorac-en-Périgord–Cazoulès (abandoned beyond Sarlat-la-Canéda) Abandoned:
Marmande–Mont-de-Marsan
Nérac–Mont-de-Marsan
Penne-d'Agenais–Tonneins
Auvergne
Commentry–Gannat
Montluçon–Moulins (abandoned beyond Commentry)
Bort-les-Orgues–Neussargues (partly abandoned)
La Ferté-Hauterive–Gannat (partly abandoned)
Figeac–Arvant (via Aurillac)
Laqueuille–Le Mont-Dore
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Darsac (partly abandoned)
Souillac–Viescamp-sous-Jallès (abandoned between Souillac and Saint-Denis-près-Martel)
Vichy–Riom Abandoned:
Basse-Normandie
Argentan–Granville (via Flers)
Lisieux–Trouville-Deauville
Mézidon–Trouville-Deauville railway (abandoned between Mézidon and Dives-Cabourg)Pont-l'Évêque–Honfleur (freight only, abandoned between Pont-l'Évêque and Quetteville)
Saint-Lô–Guilberville (freight only, abandoned beyond Condé-sur-Vire)
Bourgogne
Clamecy–Nevers (freight only, partly abandoned)
Cravant-Bazarnes–Dracy-St-Loup (via Avallon and Saulieu)
Clamecy–Gilly-sur-Loire (abandoned beyond Cercy-la-Tour)
Dijon–Is-sur-Tille
Étang–Santenay (via Autun, abandoned beyond Dracy-Saint-Loup)
Laroche–Migennes–Cosne (via Auxerre and Clamecy, abandoned beyond Entrains)
Maison-Dieu–Les Laumes (freight only, abandoned Maison-Dieu and Époisses)
Nevers–Chagny (via Le Creusot)
Tamnay-Châtillon–Château-Chinon (freight only)
Bretagne
Abandoned:
Miniac-Morvan–La Gouesnière-Cancale-St-Méloir
Ploërmel–La Brohinière
Saint-Brieuc–Le Légué
Vitré–Pontorson
Centre
Auxy-Juranville–Bourges (freight only, abandoned between Auxy-Juranville and Les Bordes, and beyond Argent-sur-Sauldre)
Le Blanc–Argent-sur-Sauldre railway (metric railway, abandoned between Le Blanc and Buzançais, and beyond Salbris)Chartres–Dreux (freight only)
Chartres–Orléans (freight only)
Gien–Argent (freight only, abandoned beyond Poilly-lez-Gien)
Orléans–Gien (freight only, abandoned beyond Les Bordes)
Pont-de-Braye–Blois (freight only, partly abandoned)
Tours–Châteauroux (freight only beyond Loches)
Vierzon–Saincaize (via Bourges)
Vierzon–Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
Villefranche-sur-Cher–Blois (freight only, abandoned beyond Romorantin-Lanthenay) Abandoned:
Orléans–Montargis
Saint-Germain-du-Puy–Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Champagne-Ardenne
Blesme-Haussignémont–Chaumont (via Saint-Dizier)
Châlons-en-Champagne–Reims
Charleville–Hirson (abandoned beyond Tournes)
Épernay–Reims
Liart–Tournes
Oiry–Romilly-sur-Seine (freight only, abandoned beyond Sézanne) Abandoned:
Fère-Champenoise–Vitry-le-François
Saint-Dizier–Doulevant-le-Château
Dole–Belfort (via Besançon)
Franois–Arc-et-Senans (part of connection Besançon–Bourg-en-Bresse)
Montbozon–Lure (freight only, abandoned between Montbozon and Villersexel)
Voujeaucourt–Saint-Hippolyte (freight only, abandoned beyond Pont-de-Roide) Abandoned:
Haute-Normandie
Bréauté-Beuzeville–Fécamp
Bréauté-Beuzeville–Gravenchon–Port-Jérôme (freight only)
Le Havre-Graville–Tourville-les-Ifs (abandoned beyond Rolleville)
Malaunay–Dieppe
Montérolier-Buchy–Motteville (freight only)
Motteville–Saint-Valéry-en-Caux
Rouxmesnil–Eu (freight only, abandoned beyond Bailly-en-Rivière)
Serquigny–Oissel Abandoned:
Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture Grande Ceinture line Achères–Pontoise
Aulnay-sous-Bois–Aéroport Charles de Gaulle (Ligne de Roissy)
Corbeil-Essonnes–Montereau
Ermont-Eaubonne–Valmondois
Esbly–Crécy-la-Chapelle
Flamboin-Gouaix–Montereau (freight only)
Grigny–Corbeil-Essonnes
Montsoult-Maffliers–Luzarches
Plaisir-Grignon–Épône-Mézières
Paris–Versailles-Rive-Gauche (Ligne des Invalides)
Paris-Saint-Lazare–Ermont-Eaubonne
Paris–Mantes-Station (via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine)
Paris–Versailles-Rive-Droite (via Saint-Cloud)
Paris–Saint-Germain-en-Laye
La Plaine–Ermont-Eaubonne
Saint-Cloud–Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
Languedoc-Roussillon
Bessèges–Robiac
Carcassonne–Rivesaltes (via Limoux, abandoned between Quillan and Axat)
Elne–Arles-sur-Tech (freight only, abandoned beyond Le Boulou)
Le Monastier–La Bastide-Saint-Laurent-les-Bains (via Mende)
Narbonne–Bize (freight only)
Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent
Saint-Césaire–Le Grau-du-Roi
Le Teil–Alès (abandoned between Le Teil and Robiac)
Villefranche-de-Conflent–Latour-de-Carol (Ligne de Cerdagne, metre gauge railway)Abandoned:
Colombiers–Quarante-Cruzy
Paulhan–Montpellier
Limousin
Busseau-sur-Creuse–Ussel (via Aubusson, abandoned between Felletin and La Courtine)
Le Dorat–Limoges
Nexon–Brive-la-Gaillarde (via Saint-Yrieix)Not in use between St Yrieix and Objat
Le Palais–Eygurande-Merlines (via Ussel)
Tulle–Meymac
Vieilleville–Bourganeuf (freight only)
Lorraine
Arches–Saint-Dié railway Épinal–Bussang (abandoned beyond Remiremont)Frouard–Novéant
Jarville-la-Malgrange–Mirecourt
Lérouville–Metz
Longuyon–Mont-Saint-Martin (via Longwy)
Longuyon–Pagny-sur-Moselle
Lunéville–Saint-Dié
Merrey–Hymont-Mattaincourt (via Vittel)
Neufchâteau–Épinal (abandoned between Gironcourt and Mirecourt, and beyond Hymont)
Réding–Metz
Thionville–Anzeling
Thionville–Apach
Toul–Rosières-aux-Salines (freight only, abandoned between Toul and Chaligny) Abandoned:
Bettelainville–Waldwisse
Fontoy–Audun-le-Tiche
Capdenac–Rodez
Castelnaudary–Rodez (via Castres and Albi, abandoned between Revel and La Crémade, and between Castres and Ranteil)
Castelsarrasin–Beaumont-de-Lomagne (freight only)
Castres–Bédarieux (abandoned beyond Mazamet)
Lannemezan–Arreau-Cadéac (freight only)
Montauban–La Crémade (abandoned between Montauban and Saint-Sulpice)
Montréjeau–Luchon
Sévérac-le-Château–Rodez
Tessonnières–Albi
Toulouse–Auch
Tournemire-Roquefort - Le Vigan
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Pays de la Loire
Clisson–Cholet
Commequiers–St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Nantes–La Roche-sur-Yon (via Sainte-Pazanne and Challans, abandoned beyond Commequiers)
La Possonnière–Niort (abandoned beyond Cholet)
Sainte-Pazanne–Pornic
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons–Paimbœuf (freight only)
Saint-Nazaire–Le Croisic Abandoned:
La Flèche–Vivy
Nantes–Châteaubriant
Picardie
Abbeville–Eu
Amiens–Laon (via Tergnier)
Creil–Beauvais
Ormoy-Villers–Boves (freight only between Ormoy-Villers and Ageux, abandoned between Ageux and Estrées-Saint-Denis)
Rochy-Condé–Soissons (via Clermont-de-l'Oise, Estrées-Saint-Denis and Compiègne, mostly abandoned) Abandoned:
Beauvais-Amiens
Feuquières–Ponthoile
Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée–Vers
Poitou-Charentes
Beillant–Angoulême (via Cognac)
Saint-Benoît–La Rochelle (via Niort)
Saintes–Royan
Avignon–Miramas (via Cavaillon and Salon-de-Provence)
Cannes-la Bocca–Grasse
Carnoules–Gardanne (abandoned between Brignoles and Peynier)
Miramas–l'Estaque (via Martigues)
Nice–Breil-sur-Roya
La Pauline-Hyères–Les Salins-d'Hyères (abandoned beyond Hyères)
Rognac–Aix-en-Provence (freight only)
Veynes–Briançon (via Gap) Abandoned:
Les Arcs–Draguignan
Marseille-Blancarde–Marseille-Prado
Saint-Auban–Digne
Lines not belonging to the National network
Touristic lines
Abandoned lines
Western France
Northern France
See also
