Classic route
Intercités
Nantes → Bordeaux · France
- Distance
- 375 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h 20 min
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- SNCF Voyageurs
- Train
- Intercités
- Countries
- France
- In service since
- 1873
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Atlantic link that skips Paris: marshes of the Vendée, La Rochelle’s towers and the Charente to Bordeaux — ridership doubled, contracted to 2036.
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