Lison–Lamballe Railway
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The Lison–Lamballe railway is an important 205.7-kilometre long
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
line that runs between the French
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
of
Lison Lison () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population Notable people * Fernande Albany (1889 – 1966), actress, born in Lison. Today There is a train station, Lison station Gare de Li ...
and the town of
Lamballe Lamballe (; ; Gallo: ''Lanball'') is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor. It lies on the river Gouessant east-sout ...
. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1860 and 1879.


Main stations

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Lison station Gare de Lison is a railway station serving the town of Lison, Calvados department, northwestern France. It is situated at the junction of the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway and the Lison–Lamballe railway. The station is served by regional ...
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Saint-Lô station Gare de Saint-Lô is a railway station serving the town Saint-Lô, Manche department, Normandy, northwestern France. It is situated on the Lison–Lamballe railway. On the Railplanner app (EUrail) the station is listed as St-Lô (France). World ...
* Folligny station *
Dol-de-Bretagne station Gare de Dol-de-Bretagne is a railway station serving the town Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine department, western France. The station is situated on the Rennes–Saint-Malo and the Lison–Lamballe railways. Services The station is served by hi ...
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Dinan station The Gare de Dinan (Dinan Station) is a French railway station on the Lison to Lamballe line, in the town of Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany. It has included a railway museum since 1991. The station was opened in 1879 by the Western Railways Company ...
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Lamballe station Lamballe station ( French: ''Gare de Lamballe'') is a railway station serving the town Lamballe, Côtes-d'Armor department, western France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway and the branch line to Dinan and Dol-de-Bretagne. Services Th ...


Line history

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


References

Railway lines in Normandy Railway lines in Brittany Railway lines opened in 1860 {{France-rail-transport-stub