The railway leaves
Paris-Montparnasse in southwestern direction for the first 3 km, and turns west at
Malakoff, skirting the southern quarters of
the city of Versailles. It turns southwest again until
Maintenon, where it starts following the river
Eure upstream, passing
Chartres. At
La Loupe, it leaves the Eure valley in southwestern direction until it enters the
Huisne valley at
Condé-sur-Huisne. It follows the Huisne downstream to
Le Mans, where it turns northwest. At
Sillé-le-Guillaume it turns west, crossing the river
Mayenne in
Laval. After
Vitré, it follows the river
Vilaine downstream to
Rennes. It continues roughly northwest to
Lamballe, where it turns west. Just before
Saint-Brieuc (at
Yffiniac), it nearly touches the
English Channel coast. It continues west through
Guingamp and
Morlaix until it reaches its terminus
Brest, at a
bay of the Atlantic Ocean.
TGV high speed trains with destination Le Mans and further west use the
LGV Atlantique between Paris and
Connerré (20 km east of Le Mans) instead of the "classic" line.
Main stations •
Gare Montparnasse (Paris) •
Versailles Chantiers station •
Chartres station •
Le Mans station •
Laval station •
Vitré station •
Rennes station •
Lamballe station •
Saint-Brieuc station •
Guingamp station •
Plouaret-Trégor station •
Morlaix station •
Landerneau station •
Brest station ==Line history==