High-speed route

TGV Paris–Quimper

Paris → Quimper · France

Distance

607 km

Fastest time

≈ 3 h 33 min

Average speed

171 km/h

Top speed

320 km/h

Operator

SNCF Voyageurs

Train

TGV inOui

Countries

France

In service since

2017

Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

Brittany’s other arm: the same 2017 high speed line to Rennes, where the Brest and Quimper halves of the train part company, then south to the Morbihan coast by Vannes, Auray and Lorient to Quimper in Finistère.

How this line was checked

• Line traced onto the OpenStreetMap rail graph

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