# List of railway lines in France

This is a list of railway lines in France, belonging either to the national network (SNCF Réseau) or to private owners.

## High speed lines (LGV, managed by the SNCF)

| Line number | Course route | Line |
| | | LGV Sud-Est |
| 429, 431 | | LGV Atlantique |
| 408 | | LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire |
| 216, 226 | 112, 222, 250 | LGV Nord |
| 226 | | LGV Interconnexion Est |
| | | LGV Rhône-Alpes |
| | | LGV Méditerranée |
| 005 | 100 | LGV Est |
| | | LGV Perpignan–Figueres |
| 014 | 140 | LGV Rhin-Rhône |
| | 303 | LGV Sud Europe Atlantique |
* Under Construction
** Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier
** Turin–Lyon high-speed railway
* Projected
** LGV Bordeaux–Toulouse
** LGV Poitiers–Limoges
** LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
* Proposed
** Transversale Alpes Auvergne Atlantique [fr]
** LGV Montpellier–Perpignan
** LGV Normandie
** LGV Picardie

## Interregional lines (SNCF)
### Radial lines

Centered on Paris, from the north and clockwise:
* Paris–Lille railway
* Creil–Jeumont railway (toward Brussels)
* La Plaine–Hirson (via Soissons and Laon)
* Paris–Strasbourg railway (via Épernay and Nancy)
* Paris–Mulhouse railway (via Troyes and Vesoul)
* Paris–Marseille railway (via Dijon and Lyon)
* Moret–Lyon railway (via Nevers, Roanne and Saint-Étienne)
* Orléans–Montauban railway (via Limoges)
* Paris–Bordeaux railway (via Orléans and Tours)
* Paris–Brest railway (via Le Mans and Rennes)
* Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway (via Caen)
* Paris–Le Havre railway (via Rouen)
* Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway (via Persan-Beaumont and Beauvais)

### International lines

* Fives–Mouscron railway (Belgium, via Roubaix)
* Fives–Tournai railway (Belgium, via Baisieux)
* Douai–Quiévrain (Belgium, via Valenciennes)
* Hautmont–Mons railway (Belgium, via Feignies)
* Metz–Luxembourg railway (via Zoufftgen)
* Metz–Überherrn (Germany, freight only, abandoned between Metz and Anzeling)
* Rémilly–Saarbrücken railway (Germany)
* Appenweier–Strasbourg railway (Germany, via Kehl)
* Mulhouse–Müllheim (Germany)
* Strasbourg–Basel railway (Switzerland, via Mulhouse)
* Besançon–Le Locle-Col-des-Roches (Switzerland, via Morteau)
* Frasne–Les Verrières (Switzerland, via Pontarlier)
* Dijon–Vallorbe (Switzerland, via Dole and Frasne)
* Lyon–Geneva railway (Switzerland, via Ambérieu and Bellegarde)
* Annemasse–Geneva railway (Switzerland, partly under construction)
* Longeray-Léaz–Le Bouveret (Switzerland, via Annemasse and Évian)
* Turin–Modane railway (Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel)
* Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya)
* Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (Italy, via Toulon and Nice)
* Narbonne–Portbou railway (Spain)
* Portet-Saint-Simon–Puigcerdà railway (Spain, via Pamiers and Foix)
* Pau–Canfranc railway (abandoned beyond Bedous)
* Bordeaux–Irun railway (Spain, via Dax and Bayonne)
Abandoned:
* Mont Cenis Pass Railway (Italy, via the Mont Cenis Pass prior to the Fréjus Rail Tunnel)

### Other interregional lines
#### Northern France

* Amagne-Lucquy–Revigny (freight only, abandoned beyond Challerange)
* Amiens–Rouen railway
* Fives–Hirson (via Valenciennes and Aulnoye)
* Hirson–Amagne-Lucquy (abandoned beyond Liart)
* Longueau–Boulogne railway
* Mohon–Thionville
* Pierrelaye–Creil
* Reims–Laon railway
* Saint-Denis–Dieppe railway (abandoned beyond Gisors)
* Saint-Just-en-Chaussée–Douai (via Montdidier, Péronne and Cambrai, partly abandoned)
* Soissons–Givet (via Reims and Charleville-Mézières, Soissons-Bazoches abandoned)
* Trilport–Bazoches

#### Eastern France

* Andelot-en-Montagne–La Cluse (via Champagnole, Saint-Claude and Oyonnax)
* Berthelming–Sarreguemines
* Blainville-Damelevières–Lure (via Épinal)
* Bologne–Pagny-sur-Meuse (via Neufchâteau, partly abandoned)
* Culmont-Chalindrey–Toul (via Neufchâteau)
* Coolus–Sens (via Troyes, freight only, partly abandoned)
* Le Coteau–Montchanin (via Paray-le-Monial, partly abandoned)
* Dijon–Saint-Amour (via Louhans)
* Gretz-Armainvilliers–Sézanne (abandoned beyond La Ferté-Gaucher)
* Haguenau–Hargarten-Falck (partly abandoned)
* Is-sur-Tille–Culmont-Chalindrey
* Longueville–Esternay (abandoned beyond Villiers-Saint-Georges)
* Mâcon–Ambérieu (via Bourg-en-Bresse)
* Mommenheim–Sarreguemines
* Mouchard–Bourg-en-Bresse (via Lons-le-Saunier)
* Moulins–Mâcon (abandoned beyond Paray-le-Monial)
* Paray-le-Monial–Givors (via Lozanne and Tassin)
* Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple–Hagondange (via Sainte-Menehould and Verdun)
* Strasbourg–Saint-Dié (via Molsheim)
* Villeneuve-Saint-Georges–Montargis (abandoned beyond Malesherbes)
Abandoned:
* Jessains–Sorcy
* Lutzelbourg–Drulingen
* Mézy–Romilly-sur-Seine
* Montargis–Sens
* Saint-Julien (Troyes)–Saint-Florentin-Vergigny

#### Southern France

* Agen–Vic-en-Bigorre railway (freight only, abandoned beyond Auch)
* Béziers-Neussargues (ligne des Causses, via Millau)
* Bordeaux–Sète railway (via Montauban, Toulouse and Narbonne)
* Bourges–Miécaze (abandoned beyond Montluçon)
* Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse railway (via Figeac and Gaillac)
* Clermont-Ferrand–Saint-Just-sur-Loire
* Coutras–Tulle (via Périgueux)
* Eygurande-Merlines–Clermont-Ferrand
* Givors–Grezan (Grezan = Nîmes, right Rhône bank)
* Limoges–Périgueux
* Livron–Aspres-sur-Buëch
* Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble and Aix-en-Provence)
* Montluçon–Saint-Sulpice-Laurière (via Guéret)
* Morcenx–Bagnères-de-Bigorre (via Mont-de-Marsan and Tarbes)
* Port-Sainte-Marie–Riscle (freight only, abandoned beyond Condom)
* Saint-Georges-d'Aurac–Saint-Étienne (via Le Puy en Velay)
* Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Nîmes (Ligne des Cévennes, via Gannat, Clermont-Ferrand and Alès)
* Souillac–Viescamp-sous-Jallès
* Tarascon–Sète (via Nîmes and Montpellier)
* Toulouse–Bayonne railway (via Pau)

#### Western France

* Brétigny–La Membrolle-sur-Choisille (via Dourdan and Vendôme)
* Chartres–Bordeaux (via Saumur, Niort and Saintes, partly abandoned)
* Châteaubriant–Rennes
* Évreux–Quetteville (via Pont-Audemer, freight only, abandoned between Évreux and Glos-Montfort)
* Limoges-Bénédictins–Angoulême
* Lison–Lamballe railway (via Saint-Lô, Dol-de-Bretagne and Dinan)
* Le Mans–Angers railway
* Le Mans–Mézidon (via Alençon)
* Mignaloux-Nouaillé–Bersac (abandoned beyond Le Dorat)
* Nantes–Saintes (via La Rochelle)
* Paris–Chartres (via Gallardon, abandoned between Paris and Gallardon)
* Rennes–Redon railway
* Les Sables-d'Olonne–Tours (via Bressuire and Chinon, partly abandoned)
* Saint-Benoît–Le Blanc (abandoned beyond Jardres)
* Saint-Cyr–Surdon (part of Paris–Granville connection)
* Savenay–Landerneau railway (via Redon, Vannes and Quimper)
* Tours–Le Mans railway
* Tours–Saint-Nazaire railway
Abandoned:
* La Chapelle-Anthenaise–Flers

## Regional lines (SNCF)
### Alsace

* Colmar–Metzeral
* Lutterbach–Kruth (via Cernay)
* Sélestat–Saverne (abandoned beyond Molsheim)
* Strasbourg–Lauterbourg
* Vendenheim–Wissembourg
Abandoned:
* Bouxwiller–Ingwiller
* Steinbourg–Obermodern

### Aquitaine

* Bayonne–Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port railway
* Dax–Mont-de-Marsan (freight only, partly abandoned)
* Lamothe–Arcachon
* Libourne–Le Buisson (via Bergerac)
* Niversac–Agen
* Puyoô–Dax
* Ravezies–Pointe-de-Grave
* Saint-Sever–Hagetmau
* Siorac-en-Périgord–Cazoulès (abandoned beyond Sarlat-la-Canéda)
Abandoned:
* Marmande–Mont-de-Marsan
* Nérac–Mont-de-Marsan
* Penne-d'Agenais–Tonneins

### Auvergne

* Commentry–Gannat
* Montluçon–Moulins (abandoned beyond Commentry)
* Bort-les-Orgues–Neussargues (partly abandoned)
* La Ferté-Hauterive–Gannat (partly abandoned)
* Figeac–Arvant (via Aurillac)
* Laqueuille–Le Mont-Dore
* Saint-Germain-des-Fossés–Darsac (partly abandoned)
* Souillac–Viescamp-sous-Jallès (abandoned between Souillac and Saint-Denis-près-Martel)
* Vichy–Riom
Abandoned:
* Lapeyrouse–Volvic

### Basse-Normandie

* Argentan–Granville (via Flers)
* Lisieux–Trouville-Deauville
* Mézidon–Trouville-Deauville railway (abandoned between Mézidon and Dives-Cabourg)
* Pont-l'Évêque–Honfleur (freight only, abandoned between Pont-l'Évêque and Quetteville)
* Saint-Lô–Guilberville (freight only, abandoned beyond Condé-sur-Vire)

### Bourgogne

* Clamecy–Nevers (freight only, partly abandoned)
* Cravant-Bazarnes–Dracy-St-Loup (via Avallon and Saulieu)
* Clamecy–Gilly-sur-Loire (abandoned beyond Cercy-la-Tour)
* Dijon–Is-sur-Tille
* Étang–Santenay (via Autun, abandoned beyond Dracy-Saint-Loup)
* Laroche–Migennes–Cosne (via Auxerre and Clamecy, abandoned beyond Entrains)
* Maison-Dieu–Les Laumes (freight only, abandoned Maison-Dieu and Époisses)
* Nevers–Chagny (via Le Creusot)
* Tamnay-Châtillon–Château-Chinon (freight only)

### Bretagne

* Auray–Quiberon railway
* Auray–Pontivy (freight only)
* Guingamp–Carhaix railway
* Guingamp–Paimpol railway
* Morlaix–Roscoff
* Plouaret–Lannion railway
* Quimper–Pont-l'Abbé (freight only, abandoned beyond Pluguffan)
* Rennes–Saint-Malo railway
* Rosporden–Concarneau (freight only, abandoned beyond Coat-Conq)
* Saint-Brieuc–Pontivy (freight only, abandoned beyond Loudéac)
Abandoned:
* Miniac-Morvan–La Gouesnière-Cancale-St-Méloir
* Ploërmel–La Brohinière
* Saint-Brieuc–Le Légué
* Vitré–Pontorson

### Centre

* Auxy-Juranville–Bourges (freight only, abandoned between Auxy-Juranville and Les Bordes, and beyond Argent-sur-Sauldre)
* Le Blanc–Argent-sur-Sauldre railway (metric railway, abandoned between Le Blanc and Buzançais, and beyond Salbris)
* Chartres–Dreux (freight only)
* Chartres–Orléans (freight only)
* Gien–Argent (freight only, abandoned beyond Poilly-lez-Gien)
* Orléans–Gien (freight only, abandoned beyond Les Bordes)
* Pont-de-Braye–Blois (freight only, partly abandoned)
* Tours–Châteauroux (freight only beyond Loches)
* Vierzon–Saincaize (via Bourges)
* Vierzon–Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
* Villefranche-sur-Cher–Blois (freight only, abandoned beyond Romorantin-Lanthenay)
Abandoned:
* Orléans–Montargis
* Saint-Germain-du-Puy–Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

### Champagne-Ardenne

* Blesme-Haussignémont–Chaumont (via Saint-Dizier)
* Châlons-en-Champagne–Reims
* Charleville–Hirson (abandoned beyond Tournes)
* Épernay–Reims
* Liart–Tournes
* Oiry–Romilly-sur-Seine (freight only, abandoned beyond Sézanne)
Abandoned:
* Fère-Champenoise–Vitry-le-François
* Saint-Dizier–Doulevant-le-Château

### Franche-Comté

* Dole–Belfort (via Besançon)
* Franois–Arc-et-Senans (part of connection Besançon–Bourg-en-Bresse)
* Montbozon–Lure (freight only, abandoned between Montbozon and Villersexel)
* Voujeaucourt–Saint-Hippolyte (freight only, abandoned beyond Pont-de-Roide)
Abandoned:
* Besançon–Vesoul

### Haute-Normandie

* Bréauté-Beuzeville–Fécamp
* Bréauté-Beuzeville–Gravenchon–Port-Jérôme (freight only)
* Le Havre-Graville–Tourville-les-Ifs (abandoned beyond Rolleville)
* Malaunay–Dieppe
* Montérolier-Buchy–Motteville (freight only)
* Motteville–Saint-Valéry-en-Caux
* Rouxmesnil–Eu (freight only, abandoned beyond Bailly-en-Rivière)
* Serquigny–Oissel
Abandoned:
* Montérolier-Buchy–Saint-Saëns railway

### Île-de-France

* Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture
* Grande Ceinture line
* Achères–Pontoise
* Aulnay-sous-Bois–Aéroport Charles de Gaulle (Ligne de Roissy)
* Corbeil-Essonnes–Montereau
* Ermont-Eaubonne–Valmondois
* Esbly–Crécy-la-Chapelle
* Flamboin-Gouaix–Montereau (freight only)
* Grigny–Corbeil-Essonnes
* Montsoult-Maffliers–Luzarches
* Plaisir-Grignon–Épône-Mézières
* Paris–Versailles-Rive-Gauche (Ligne des Invalides)
* Paris-Saint-Lazare–Ermont-Eaubonne
* Paris–Mantes-Station (via Conflans-Sainte-Honorine)
* Paris–Versailles-Rive-Droite (via Saint-Cloud)
* Paris–Saint-Germain-en-Laye
* La Plaine–Ermont-Eaubonne
* Saint-Cloud–Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche

### Languedoc-Roussillon

* Bessèges–Robiac
* Carcassonne–Rivesaltes (via Limoux, abandoned between Quillan and Axat)
* Elne–Arles-sur-Tech (freight only, abandoned beyond Le Boulou)
* Le Monastier–La Bastide-Saint-Laurent-les-Bains (via Mende)
* Narbonne–Bize (freight only)
* Perpignan–Villefranche-de-Conflent
* Saint-Césaire–Le Grau-du-Roi
* Le Teil–Alès (abandoned between Le Teil and Robiac)
* Villefranche-de-Conflent–Latour-de-Carol (Ligne de Cerdagne, metre gauge railway)
Abandoned:
* Colombiers–Quarante-Cruzy
* Paulhan–Montpellier

### Limousin

* Busseau-sur-Creuse–Ussel (via Aubusson, abandoned between Felletin and La Courtine)
* Le Dorat–Limoges
* Nexon–Brive-la-Gaillarde (via Saint-Yrieix)Not in use between St Yrieix and Objat
* Le Palais–Eygurande-Merlines (via Ussel)
* Tulle–Meymac
* Vieilleville–Bourganeuf (freight only)

### Lorraine

* Arches–Saint-Dié railway
* Épinal–Bussang (abandoned beyond Remiremont)
* Frouard–Novéant
* Jarville-la-Malgrange–Mirecourt
* Lérouville–Metz
* Longuyon–Mont-Saint-Martin (via Longwy)
* Longuyon–Pagny-sur-Moselle
* Lunéville–Saint-Dié
* Merrey–Hymont-Mattaincourt (via Vittel)
* Neufchâteau–Épinal (abandoned between Gironcourt and Mirecourt, and beyond Hymont)
* Réding–Metz
* Thionville–Anzeling
* Thionville–Apach
* Toul–Rosières-aux-Salines (freight only, abandoned between Toul and Chaligny)
Abandoned:
* Bettelainville–Waldwisse
* Fontoy–Audun-le-Tiche

### Midi-Pyrénées

* Capdenac–Rodez
* Castelnaudary–Rodez (via Castres and Albi, abandoned between Revel and La Crémade, and between Castres and Ranteil)
* Castelsarrasin–Beaumont-de-Lomagne (freight only)
* Castres–Bédarieux (abandoned beyond Mazamet)
* Lannemezan–Arreau-Cadéac (freight only)
* Montauban–La Crémade (abandoned between Montauban and Saint-Sulpice)
* Montréjeau–Luchon
* Sévérac-le-Château–Rodez
* Tessonnières–Albi
* Toulouse–Auch
* Tournemire-Roquefort - Le Vigan

### Nord-Pas-de-Calais

* Arras–Dunkirk railway
* Arras–Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
* Boulogne–Calais railway
* Busigny–Somain (via Cambrai)
* Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway (Dunkerque–Calais)
* Ferrière-la-Grande–Cousolre (freight only)
* Fives–Abbeville (via Béthune, abandoned beyond Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise)
* La Madeleine–Comines-France
* Lens–Don - Sainghin railway
* Lens–Ostricourt
* Lille–Fontinettes railway (Lille–Calais via Armentières and Saint-Omer)
* Lourches–Valenciennes
* Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise–Étaples

### Pays de la Loire

* Clisson–Cholet
* Commequiers–St-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
* Nantes–La Roche-sur-Yon (via Sainte-Pazanne and Challans, abandoned beyond Commequiers)
* La Possonnière–Niort (abandoned beyond Cholet)
* Sainte-Pazanne–Pornic
* Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons–Paimbœuf (freight only)
* Saint-Nazaire–Le Croisic
Abandoned:
* La Flèche–Vivy
* Nantes–Châteaubriant

### Picardie

* Abbeville–Eu
* Amiens–Laon (via Tergnier)
* Creil–Beauvais
* Ormoy-Villers–Boves (freight only between Ormoy-Villers and Ageux, abandoned between Ageux and Estrées-Saint-Denis)
* Rochy-Condé–Soissons (via Clermont-de-l'Oise, Estrées-Saint-Denis and Compiègne, mostly abandoned)
Abandoned:
* Beauvais-Amiens
* Feuquières–Ponthoile
* Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée–Vers

### Poitou-Charentes

* Beillant–Angoulême (via Cognac)
* Saint-Benoît–La Rochelle (via Niort)
* Saintes–Royan

### Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

* Avignon–Miramas (via Cavaillon and Salon-de-Provence)
* Cannes-la Bocca–Grasse
* Carnoules–Gardanne (abandoned between Brignoles and Peynier)
* Miramas–l'Estaque (via Martigues)
* Nice–Breil-sur-Roya
* La Pauline-Hyères–Les Salins-d'Hyères (abandoned beyond Hyères)
* Rognac–Aix-en-Provence (freight only)
* Veynes–Briançon (via Gap)
Abandoned:
* Les Arcs–Draguignan
* Marseille-Blancarde–Marseille-Prado
* Saint-Auban–Digne

### Rhône-Alpes

* Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard–Annemasse (via Annecy and La Roche-sur-Foron)
* Ligne du Haut-Bugey (Bourg-en-Bresse–Bellegarde)
* Collonges-Fort-l'Écluse – Divonne-les-Bains (freight only, abandoned beyond Gex)
* Le Coteau–Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or (Roanne-Lyon)
* Culoz–Modane railway (via Chambéry)
* Grenoble–Montmélian railway
* Lyon-Croix-Rousse–Trévoux (partly abandoned)
* Lyon-Saint-Clair–Bourg-en-Bresse
* Lyon-Saint-Paul–Montbrison (abandoned beyond Sainte-Foy-l'Argentière)
* La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
* Saint-André-le-Gaz–Chambéry
* Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway (via Chamonix, metric railway)
* Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny–Bourg-Saint-Maurice (Tarentaise)
* Saint-Rambert-d'Albon–Rives (partly abandoned)
* Valence–Moirans railway

## Lines not belonging to the National network
### Corsica

* Chemins de fer de la Corse:
** Bastia–Ajaccio
** Ponte-Leccia–Calvi
** Calvi-L'Île-Rousse

### Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

* Nice–Digne

### Lines of the RATP

* Ligne de Sceaux (southern branch of the RER B)

### Touristic lines

* Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme
* Chemin de Fer de La Mure
* Chemin de Fer du Blanc-Argent
* Chemin de fer du Montenvers
* Chemin de fer du Vivarais
* Chemin de fer forestier d'Abreschville
* Chemin de fer Froissy-Dompierre
* Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn
* Petit train d'Artouste
* Petit train de la Rhune
* Tramway du Cap-Ferret
* Tramway du Mont-Blanc
* Tramway de Pithiviers à Toury

## Abandoned lines
### Western France

* Chemin de fer du Finistère
* Chemin de fer des Côtes-du-Nord
* Chemins de fer armoricains
* Chemins de fer du Morbihan
* Île de Ré
* Réseau Breton
** Réseau Guerlédan
* Tramways d'Ille-et-Vilaine
* Tramways électriques du Finistère

### Northern France

* Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais
* Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues
* Chemin de fer du Cambrésis
* Chemins de fer d'Aire à Fruges et de Rimeux-Gournay à Berck
* Réseau Albert
* Réseau des Bains de Mer
* Tramway à vapeur d'Ardres à Pont d'Ardres
* Somain–Halluin railway (via Orchies, Ascq and Tourcoing)