Penthièvre station

{{short description|Railway station in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, France}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Penthièvre {{rail-interchange|fr|rail}}

| type =

| image = Gare-Penthievre-2010.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = Penthièvre railway station

| address = 56510 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon

| borough = Morbihan

| country = France

| coordinates = {{coord|47|33|29|N|3|07|59|W|region:FR|display=inline,title}}

| code = {{Uic8}}

| owned = SNCF

| operator = SNCF

| line = Auray–Quiberon railway

| platform = 1

| tracks = 1

| opened = 1909 as a stop

| closed =

| map_locator =

| passengers = 970

| pass_year = 2018

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=TER Bretagne|line=32|left=Les Sables-Blancs|right=L'Isthme|note-mid=Seasonal service}}

}}

Penthièvre (French: Gare de Penthièvre) is a railway station in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, Morbihan department of Brittany, France. The station was opened on 23 July 1882, and is located on the Auray–Quiberon railway. The station is served seasonally during summer months only by TER Bretagne services operated by the SNCF, between Auray and Quiberon.[https://mmt.vsct.fr/sites/default/files/swt/CBRE/2021-09/carte-reseau-breizhgo.pdf Le réseau de transport de la Région Bretagne], TER Bretagne, accessed 26 April 2022.

History

When the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans opened the Aurey-Quiberon railway on 24 July 1882, trains didn't stop at Penthièvre.{{Cite book|last=Nennig|first=Jean-Pierre|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/470735372|title=Le chemin de fer de Bretagne Sud : de Savenay et de Rennes à Landerneau par Redon, Vannes, Auray, Lorient, Quimper et Châteaulin et ses embranchements vers Ploërmel, Quiberon, Pontivy, Concarneau, Pont-l'Abbé et Douarnenez-Tréboul|publisher=JPN éd|others=Impr. nouvelle)|year=2008|isbn=978-2-9519898-5-6|location=[Pornichet]|pages=169|oclc=470735372}}

In 2018, SNCF estimated the 970 passengers passed through the station.{{Cite web|title=Fréquentation en gares|url=https://ressources.data.sncf.com/explore/dataset/frequentation-gares/table/?sort=-code_uic_complet&q=Penthi%C3%A8vre|website=ressources.data.sncf.com|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-14}}

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