The railway from Le Mans to Angers is an important
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132-kilometre long
railway
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line. It is used for passenger (express, regional and suburban) and freight traffic. The railway was opened in 2 stages in 1863.
Traffic
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TGV
The TGV (; , , 'high-speed train') is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to on the newer lines, the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocke ...
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TER Pays de la Loire
TER Pays de la Loire is the regional rail network serving Pays de la Loire, France.
TER Network
The rail and bus network as of May 2022:[Le Mans station
Le Mans ( French: ''Gare du Mans'') is a railway station serving the town Le Mans, Sarthe department, western France
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Sablé-sur-Sarthe
Sablé-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Sablé on Sarthe''), commonly referred to as Sablé, is a commune in the Sarthe department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It is about 40 km southwest of Le Mans and about 50 km northea ...
station
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Angers-Saint-Laud station
Angers-Saint-Laud is a railway station located in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, western France. The station was opened in 1849 and is located on the Le Mans–Angers railway and the Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway. The train services are operated by SNC ...
Line history
The section between Le Mans and Sablé (48 km) was opened in March 1863
* Sablé - Angers (84 km): December 1863
References
Mans - Angers
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