The Lison–Lamballe railway is an important 205.7-kilometre long

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

line that runs between the French commune of Lison 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 ...

. 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

Lison station Lison station ( French: ''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. Th ...

* Saint-Lô station * Folligny station * Dol-de-Bretagne station * Dinan station *

Lamballe station Lamballe station (French language, 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 Lison–Lamballe railway, branch line t ...

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