Paris to Brest in 3 hours by 2014

New high speed line will shave 90 minutes off current journey time to Breton port.

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A high-speed railway line between Paris and Brest will cut the journey time to three hours when it is completed in 2014.

Environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo said the 182km line was a symbol of the government’s promise to build more high speed rail links following the Grenelle de l’Environnement.

The ligne à grande vitesse will also cut the journey time from the capital to Rennes from two hours 15 minutes to one and a half hours.

The project will cost €3.4 billion and will be financed by central government, the regions of Brittany and Pays de la Loire and will involve a public / private partnership. Work is due to begin in 2010.

It will run from the junction at Connéré near Le Mans where the western branch of the LGV Atlantique currently terminates.

Photo:Sebastian Terfloth

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