Quiberon (

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: ''Gare de Quiberon'') is a

railway station 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 ...

Quiberon Quiberon (; , ) is a commune in the French department of Morbihan, administrative region of Brittany, western France. It is situated on the southern part of the Quiberon peninsula, the northern part being the commune of Saint-Pierre-Quiberon. It ...

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

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. The station was opened on 24 July 1882, and is located at

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(KP) 612,142 on the

Auray–Quiberon railway The Auray–Quiberon line is a single-track, standard gauge French rail line that serves the Quiberon peninsula. It branches off at from the Savenay–Landerneau line, a radial line south of Brittany. A draft plan was presented on July 15, 18 ...

. The station is served by

TER Bretagne TER Bretagne (stylized as ''TER BreizhGo'' since 2018) is the TER regional rail network serving the administrative region of Brittany, in north-west France. Network The rail and bus network as of April 2022:SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

, between

Auray Auray (; br, An Alre, or simply ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Inhabitants of Auray are called ''Alréens'' (French) and ''Alreiz'' (Breton). Geography The city is surrounde ...

and Quiberon (summer only).Le réseau de transport de la Région Bretagne
TER Bretagne, accessed 26 April 2022.

History

In 2018, the

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

estimated that the station served 101 288 passengers during the year. Tirebouchon-Quiberon-2011-1

References

External links

Auray-Quiberon timetable
TER Bretagne Railway stations in France opened in 1882 Railway stations in Morbihan {{Brittany-railstation-stub