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This is a list of railway lines in France, belonging either to the national network (
SNCF Réseau 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 traffic ...
) or to private owners.


High speed lines (LGV, managed by the SNCF)

* Under Construction **
Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier The Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier (English: "Nîmes – Montpellier Bypass"), also known as the LGV Nîmes–Montpellier (French: LGV for ''ligne à grande vitesse''), is a French high-speed railway line, bypassing the cities of Nîmes an ...
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Turin–Lyon high-speed railway The Turin–Lyon high-speed railway is an international rail line under construction between the cities of Turin and Lyon. It is intended to link the Italian and French high-speed rail networks and will be long. The core of the project is it ...
* Projected **
LGV Bordeaux–Toulouse The LGV Bordeaux–Toulouse is a 222 kilometre (138 mi) long future French high-speed rail line reserved for passenger traffic between Bordeaux and Toulouse. Its dual aim is: * to ensure high-speed service of the Toulouse region through an e ...
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LGV Poitiers–Limoges The LGV Poitiers–Limoges was an approximately 100 km-long (62 mi) French high-speed rail project reserved for passenger traffic between Poitiers and Limoges. Its dual aim was: * to ensure high-speed service of the Limoges region by ext ...
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LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur The LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, also referred to as the LGV PACA and LGV Côte d'Azur, is a French high-speed rail project intended to extend the LGV Méditerranée which ends in Marseille toward the French Riviera. It would offer faster jou ...
* Proposed ** **
LGV Montpellier–Perpignan The LGV Montpellier–Perpignan is a proposed high-speed rail line between the French cities of Montpellier and Perpignan, at which points they will link with the Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier and LGV Perpignan–Figueres. Two new station ...
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LGV Normandie LGV may refer to: Transportation and vehicles * Large goods vehicle, Europe * Laser Guided Vehicle * Light goods vehicle, Hong Kong * '' Lignes à Grande Vitesse'', French high-speed rail lines: ** LGV Atlantique ** LGV Est ** LGV Interconnexio ...
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LGV Picardie The LGV Picardie is a proposed French high-speed rail line running between Paris and Calais, via Amiens, in Northern France. When the LGV Nord was planned, the residents of the city of Amiens in the Picardy region campaigned for the line to ru ...


Interregional lines (SNCF)


Radial lines

Centered on Paris, from the north and clockwise: *
Paris–Lille railway The railway from Paris to Lille is an important French 251-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the northern French city Lille. Branch lines offer connections to Belgium and Great Britain. As one of the first railway lines in France, ...
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Creil–Jeumont railway The railway from Creil to Jeumont is an important French 187-kilometre long railway line, that connects Creil, a northern suburb of Paris, to Jeumont on the Belgian border. It was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1855. The opening of the L ...
(toward Brussels) *La Plaine–Hirson (via Soissons and Laon) * Paris–Strasbourg railway (via Épernay and Nancy) * Paris–Mulhouse railway (via Troyes and Vesoul) *
Paris–Marseille railway The railway from Paris to Marseille is an 862-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southern port city of Marseille, France, via Dijon and Lyon. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1856, when the final secti ...
(via Dijon and Lyon) * Moret–Lyon railway (via Nevers, Roanne and Saint-Étienne) * Orléans–Montauban railway (via Limoges) *
Paris–Bordeaux railway The railway from Paris to Bordeaux is an important French 584-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southwestern port city Bordeaux via Orléans and Tours. The railway was opened in several stages between 1840 and 1853, when the ...
(via Orléans and Tours) *
Paris–Brest railway The railway from Paris to Brest is a 622-kilometre long railway line in France that connects Paris and the western port city Brest, via Le Mans and Rennes. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railwa ...
(via Le Mans and Rennes) *
Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway The railway from Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg is an important French 228-kilometre long railway line, that connects Mantes-la-Jolie, a western suburb of Paris, with the northwestern port city Cherbourg via Caen. At Mantes-la-Jolie, the railway ...
(via Caen) *
Paris–Le Havre railway The Paris–Le Havre railway is an important 228-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the northwestern port city Le Havre via Rouen. Among the first railway lines in France, the section from Paris to Rouen opened on 9 May 1843, foll ...
(via Rouen) *
Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway The railway from Épinay-Villetaneuse to Le Tréport-Mers is a French 173-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to Le Tréport on the English Channel coast. It was opened in several stages between 1872 and 1877. Route The Épinay-Ville ...
(via Persan-Beaumont and Beauvais)


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 The Metz–Luxembourg railway is a French/Luxembourgish railway line, that connects the French Lorraine region to Luxembourg. The railway was opened between 1854 and 1859. It is an important international railway connection. The part in Luxembourg ...
(via Zoufftgen) *Metz–Überherrn (Germany, freight only, abandoned between Metz and Anzeling) * Rémilly–Saarbrücken railway (Germany) *
Appenweier–Strasbourg railway The Appenweier–Strasbourg railway is a major railway line linking the French TGV station at Strasbourg with the German Rhine Valley Railway (''Rheintalbahn'') and the Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway (between Offenburg and Baden-Baden stati ...
(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 The Turin–Modane railway is the international rail connection from Turin, Italy to Modane, France. It passes through the Susa Valley and the Fréjus Rail Tunnel. Together with the French Culoz–Modane railway it is often called "Fréjus Rail ...
(Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel) *Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya) *
Marseille–Ventimiglia railway The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French: ''Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille''; Italian: ''Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia'') is a French- Monégasque- Italian railway line. It opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872. It ...
(Italy, via Toulon and Nice) *
Narbonne–Portbou railway The Narbonne—Portbou railway is an important 104-kilometre long railway line that connects the city of Narbonne, France to northeastern Spain. The railway was built by the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi. The first section that was opened i ...
(Spain) * Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway (Spain, via Pamiers and Foix) *
Pau–Canfranc railway The Pau–Canfranc railway is a partially-closed long international single-track standard gauge railway line connecting Pau in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region of France, climbing via the Gave d'Aspe valley and tunneling under the Pyrenees, to C ...
(abandoned beyond Bedous) *
Bordeaux–Irun railway The railway from Bordeaux to Irun is an important French 235-kilometre long railway line, that connects the southwestern city Bordeaux to northern Spain. The railway was opened in several stages between 1841 and 1864. Route The Bordeaux–Irun ra ...
(Spain, via Dax and Bayonne) Abandoned: * Mont Cenis Pass Railway (Italy, via the Mont Cenis Pass prior to the Fréjus Rail Tunnel)


Other interregional lines


Northern France

*Amagne-Lucquy–Revigny (freight only, abandoned beyond Challerange) *
Amiens–Rouen railway The railway from Amiens to Rouen is a French 114-kilometre long railway line, that connects Amiens to Rouen. It was opened in 1867. The line was electrified on 27 August 1984 at 25 kW 50 Hz, and was equipped with the restrained permissivity ...
*Fives–Hirson (via Valenciennes and Aulnoye) *Hirson–Amagne-Lucquy (abandoned beyond Liart) *
Longueau–Boulogne railway The Longueau–Boulogne railway is a French railway which runs from a junction with the Paris-Lille railway at Longueau to the coastal port of Boulogne. A double track railway it is long. Until the start of the Eurostar service from London to Pa ...
*Mohon–Thionville *Pierrelaye–Creil * Reims–Laon railway *
Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway The railway from Saint-Denis to Dieppe is a French 161-kilometre long railway line, that connected Paris to Dieppe on the English Channel coast. It was opened in several stages between 1846 and 1873. The part between Gisors and Serqueux was closed ...
(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 The railway from Bordeaux to Sète is an important French 476-kilometre long railway line, that connects the southwestern port city Bordeaux (on the Bay of Biscay) to the southern port Sète (on the Mediterranean) via Toulouse and Narbonne. Th ...
(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 The railway from Toulouse to Bayonne is an important French 319-kilometre long railway line, that connects the southern city Toulouse to the southwestern town Bayonne, running along the foothills of the Pyrenees. The railway was opened in several s ...
(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 The Lison–Lamballe railway is an important 205.7-kilometre long railway line that runs between the French commune of Lison and the town of Lamballe. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was ...
(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 The railway from Savenay to Landerneau is an important French 245-kilometre long railway line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in several stages between 1862 and 1867. Route T ...
(via Redon, Vannes and Quimper) * Tours–Le Mans railway *
Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway The railway from Tours to Saint-Nazaire is an important French 282-kilometre long railway line, following the lower course of the river Loire. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened i ...
Abandoned: *La Chapelle-Anthenaise–Flers


Regional lines (SNCF)


Alsace

*Colmar–Metzeral *Lutterbach–Kruth (via Cernay) *Sélestat–Saverne (abandoned beyond Molsheim) *Strasbourg–Lauterbourg *Vendenheim–Wissembourg Abandoned: *Bouxwiller–Ingwiller *Steinbourg–Obermodern


Aquitaine

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Bayonne–Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway The Bayonne - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway is a French 52-kilometre long railway line, that connects the Bayonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, running through the foothills of the Pyrenees. The railway was opened fully in 1898. Route The Bayonne ...
*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

*–Gannat *Montluçon–Moulins (abandoned beyond ) *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: *Lapeyrouse–Volvic


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

* Auray–Quiberon railway *Auray–Pontivy (freight only) * Guingamp–Carhaix railway * Guingamp–Paimpol railway *Morlaix–Roscoff *
Plouaret–Lannion railway The railway from Plouaret to Lannion is a regional railway line between Plouaret and Lannion in Côtes-d'Armor, France. Route The line begins in Plouaret-Trégor station, then passes the former Kérauzern station, and ends in Lannion station Ga ...
*Quimper–Pont-l'Abbé (freight only, abandoned beyond Pluguffan) *
Rennes–Saint-Malo railway The railway from Rennes to Saint-Malo is a regional railway line between Rennes and Saint-Malo in Ille-et-Vilaine, western France. Route These are the main stations: The line begins in Rennes station, then passes the Dol-de-Bretagne station, an ...
*Rosporden–Concarneau (freight only, abandoned beyond Coat-Conq) *Saint-Brieuc–Pontivy (freight only, abandoned beyond Loudéac) 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


Franche-Comté

*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: *Besançon–Vesoul


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: * Montérolier-Buchy–Saint-Saëns railway


Île-de-France

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Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture Paris' former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture ('small(er) belt railway'), also colloquially known as ''La Petite Ceinture'', was a circular railway built as a means to supply the city's fortification walls, and as a means of transporting mer ...
* 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


Midi-Pyrénées

*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


Nord-Pas-de-Calais

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Arras–Dunkirk railway The Arras–Dunkirk railway is a French railway which runs from Arras to Dunkirk. Electrified double track it is long. Services the line is used for TGV services from Dunkirk and Saint-Omer to Paris via Hazebrouck and Arras, and for local TER ...
*Arras–Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise * Boulogne–Calais railway *Busigny–Somain (via Cambrai) *
Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway The Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway runs along the English Channel and North Sea coast of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of oversea ...
(Dunkerque–Calais) *Ferrière-la-Grande–Cousolre (freight only) *Fives–Abbeville (via Béthune, abandoned beyond Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise) *La Madeleine–Comines-France * Lens–Don - Sainghin railway *Lens–Ostricourt *
Lille–Fontinettes railway The Lille–Fontinettes railway is a French railway which runs from Lille-Flandres station to Les Fontinettes station near Calais. Electrified double track it is long. Completed in 1848, it was the first railway to reach the coastal port of Cala ...
(Lille–Calais via Armentières and Saint-Omer) *Lourches–Valenciennes *Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise–Étaples


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


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

*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


Rhône-Alpes

*Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard–Annemasse (via Annecy and La Roche-sur-Foron) *
Ligne du Haut-Bugey The Haut-Bugey line (french: Ligne du Haut-Bugey) (also nicknamed ''Lignes des Carpates'') is a railway line in France. It is 65 kilometres in length and connects Bourg-en-Bresse with Bellegarde, travelling through the Jura Mountains. For a ce ...
(Bourg-en-Bresse–Bellegarde) * Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse – Divonne-les-Bains (freight only, abandoned beyond Gex) *Le Coteau–Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or (Roanne-Lyon) *
Culoz–Modane railway The Culoz–Modane railway (sometimes called Ligne de la Maurienne) is a long railway running from Culoz, near Chambéry, through Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Modane in France. Together with the Italian Turin–Modane railway it is often called "F ...
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Grenoble–Montmélian railway The railway from Grenoble to Montmélian is a long railway in southeastern France. It was built by the PLM and opened on 15 September 1864 (as a double track) to provide a link between Grenoble and Montmélian. In September 1991 it was electrif ...
*Lyon-Croix-Rousse–Trévoux (partly abandoned) *Lyon-Saint-Clair–Bourg-en-Bresse *Lyon-Saint-Paul–Montbrison (abandoned beyond Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière) *La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet *Saint-André-le-Gaz–Chambéry *
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway The Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway ( French: ''Ligne de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet à Vallorcine''), also known as the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine Line, is a single-track long metre gauge railway in France connecting the SNCF's Sain ...
(via Chamonix, metric railway) *Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny–Bourg-Saint-Maurice (Tarentaise) *Saint-Rambert-d'Albon–Rives (partly abandoned) * Valence–Moirans railway


Lines not belonging to the National network


Corsica

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Chemins de fer de la Corse Chemins de fer de la Corse ( co, Camini di Ferru di a Corsica) (CFC) is the name of the regional rail network serving the French island of Corsica. It is centred on the town of Ponte Leccia, from which three main lines radiate to Ajaccio, Bast ...
: **Bastia–Ajaccio **Ponte-Leccia–Calvi **Calvi-L'Île-Rousse


Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

* Nice–Digne


Lines of the RATP

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Ligne de Sceaux The Ligne de Sceaux (Sceaux Line) was a railway line in France running from Paris, which initially linked the Place Denfert-Rochereau (then called the ''Place d'Enfer'', in Paris, to the town of Sceaux. The line originally opened in 1846 as a br ...
(southern branch of the
RER B RER B is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its Île-de-France suburbs. The RER B line crosses the region from no ...
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Touristic lines

* Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme * Chemin de Fer de La Mure * Chemin de Fer du Blanc-Argent *
Chemin de fer du Montenvers The Montenvers Railway or Chemin de fer du Montenvers is a rack railway line in the Haute-Savoie department of France. The line runs from a connection with the SNCF, in Chamonix, to the ''Hotel de Montenvers'' station, at the Mer de Glace, at ...
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Chemin de fer du Vivarais The Chemin de fer du Vivarais (CFV) - often called ''Le Mastrou'' or ''Train de l'Ardèche'' - is a tourist railway in the Ardèche region of the South of France. The metre gauge line is long. The railway is renowned for its historical steam lo ...
* Chemin de fer forestier d'Abreschville * Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre * Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn *
Petit train d'Artouste The Petit train d'Artouste is a narrow gauge tourist railway situated in the French Pyrenees close to the Spanish border, some south of the town of Pau, and within the ''commune'' of Laruns. The line runs high above the headwaters of the Gave d' ...
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Petit train de la Rhune The Petit train de la Rhune or (in Basque) Larrungo tren ttipia is a metre gauge rack railway in France at the western end of the Pyrenees, in the Basque Country. It links the Col de Saint-Ignace, some to the east of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, to the s ...
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Tramway du Cap-Ferret The Tramway du Cap-Ferret, also known as the Petit train du Cap-Ferret, is a Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge railway on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of France in the ''department'' of Gironde. The tramway is situated on the Cap Ferret, ...
* Tramway du Mont-Blanc * Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury


Abandoned lines


Western France

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Chemin de fer du Finistère Chemin or Le Chemin may refer to: Arts and media * ''Le chemin'' (Emmanuel Moire album), 2013 album by French singer Emmanuel Moire * ''Le chemin'' (Kyo album), 2003 album by French band Kyo ** "Le Chemin" (song), title song from same-titled Kyo ...
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Chemin de fer des Côtes-du-Nord Chemin or Le Chemin may refer to: Arts and media *Le chemin (Emmanuel Moire album), ''Le chemin'' (Emmanuel Moire album), 2013 album by French singer Emmanuel Moire *Le chemin (Kyo album), ''Le chemin'' (Kyo album), 2003 album by French band Kyo ...
* Chemins de fer armoricains *
Chemins de fer du Morbihan The Chemins de fer du Morbihan (CM) was a metre gauge railway in Morbihan, France, with some track in Loire-Inférieure. The first lines opened in 1902 and the system had a total extent of . History The CM was a ''Voie Ferrées d'Interêt Lo ...
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Île de Ré Île de Ré (; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin: ''ile de Rét''; en, Isle of Ré, ) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait. Its high ...
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Réseau Breton The Réseau Breton (RB) is a , standard gauge, and former , metre gauge, railway in Finistère, France, with a few kilometres of line in Côtes d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan. The hub of the system was Carhaix. The metre gauge lines were ...
** Réseau Guerlédan * Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine * Tramways électriques du Finistère


Northern France

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Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais was a railway from Calais to Anvin, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France. It opened in 1881 and closed in 1955. Background In France, the building of railways was controlled by the Government. This a ...
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Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues The Chemin de Fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) was a gauge railway from Boulogne to Bonningues-lès-Ardres, Pas-de-Calais, France, where it had a connection with the Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais. It opened in 1900 and closed in 19 ...
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Chemin de fer du Cambrésis The Chemin de fer du Cambrésis was a long metre gauge railway in the Nord and Aisne departments of France. There were four lines with Caudry at the centre. History The Cambrésis railway opened in 1881. It was a ''voies ferrées d'intérêt ...
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Chemins de fer d'Aire à Fruges et de Rimeux-Gournay à Berck The Chemins Company is a dietary supplement manufacturer based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company, founded in 1974 by James Cameron, became embroiled in a series of criminal investigations in 1994 after a woman died and more than 100 other ...
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Réseau Albert The Réseau Albert was a set of railway lines in France from 1889–1955, part of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme''. There were four lines in the Réseau Albert system:- Albert - Doullens, Albert - Ham, Fricourt - Montdidier ...
* Réseau des Bains de Mer * Tramway à vapeur d'Ardres à Pont d'Ardres * Somain–Halluin railway (via Orchies, Ascq and Tourcoing)


See also

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Réseau Ferré de France Réseau ferré de France (RFF, french: French Rail Network) was a French company which owned and maintained the French national railway network from 1997 to 2014. The company was formed with the rail assets of SNCF in 1997. Afterwards, the train ...
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Réseau Express Régional The Réseau Express Régional ( en, Regional Express Network), commonly abbreviated RER (), is a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris and its suburbs. It acts as a combined city-centre underground rail system and suburbs-t ...
* SNCF {{France Rapid transit
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