(rshsdepot) Seventh try, title inside...

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

1. Brittany, Belle-isle en Mer, Bretagne (Brittany), France  (Quiberon,
Auray, , Ploemel, Carnac, Sable Blancs, Penthiévre, Isthme, Kerhostin and
St. Pierre de Quiberon gares - stations)

The stations on this page, some of them are magnificent. Many stone stations
as well.

Bangor, Bretagne, France
http://www.bretagne-images.com/morbihan/localisation/bangor.gif

No rail in this site:
http://www.jpmoser.com/hotelcastelclara-p.html

Bangor is on an island: http://www.calle.com/world/FR/0/Bangor.html
http://www.bretagne-images.com/morbihan/localisation/bangor.gif
Bangor is in Canton du Palais, on the island called Belle-ile off the
southern coast of Brittany in France. There are three cantons on Belle-Ile.
It's the big island, see this map:
http://www.azureva.com/bretagne/images/pic_ile/carte_ile.gif
On this map it is called Enez ar Gerveur:
http://www.skoazell-vreizh.org/skeudenn/carte_bretagne.jpg
This is the Breton language used on this map.
Full name is Belle Ile en Mer.
Here is Bangor on a map of this island:
http://www.gite-sa.be/images/imagesgite/carte.gif
Here is the island off a close up map of Morbihan canton:
http://www.tourisme.fr/carte/map-departement-morbihan.htm
Here the island is misplaced and given the name of its main town:
http://www.otedis.com/inc/carte_1/56.gif
And here is a Brittany map where you can read the names:
http://cheminsdelamemoire.free.fr/cheminsdelamemoire/cartes-localisation/car
te-bretagne.jpg

Here is a map of Brittany showing the cantons:
http://www.good-france-guide.co.uk/images/maps/france_brittany_3.gif
1934 State rail map of France, Brittany is under the Paris insert:
http://isuisse.ifrance.com/cosili/France/Cartes/etat.JPG
Note the ferry from Quiberon to le Palais on Belle-Isle.

Some Brittany stations on the south shore...
The canton in this area is Morbihan. The Chemins de fer du Morbihan
(1907-1938)
See map for this route. The closest branch to the island with Bangor (on the
far side from mainland) is called:
Le Tire-Bouchon

Here is a map of the mainland Brittany facing Belle-ile (if not Bangor which
is on south shore of Belle-ile, so not in site of Bretagne. Here is a map of
this region, the rail lines are in black. Note Morbihan Bay, Queberon Bay
and the ferry to Belle-ile:
http://www.chemin-de-fer.org/trains-nord/cartes-29/29-09.jpg
Quiberon is/was the closest rail station to the island on Brittany mainland.
from Auray.
Quiberon gare:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/quiberon01.jpg
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210104.jpg
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210108.jpg
Tower at Quiberon:
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210105.jpg
La halle a merchandises (freight depot) Quiberon:
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210106.jpg

A map of this line:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/carte.gif
The other stations on this branch, called Le Tire-Bouchon:
Auray:  http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/photos/01.jpg
http://www.auray56.net/IMG/jpg/doc-148.jpg
http://www.taxi-breizh.com/image/gare.jpg
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210101.jpg
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210102.jpg
Trains from Brussels come to Auray.
Belz-Ploemel station:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/ploemel01.jpg
Plouharnel-Carnac:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/plouharnel01.jp
g

Carnac station:
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210111.jpg
interesting train at the Carnac station:
http://www.ibretagne.net/FR/OBJ/MEM01054.html
looking towards the coast:
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210112.jpg
Sables Blancs: http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/photos/09.jpg
Penthièvre station:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/penthieve01.jpg
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/penthieve02.jpg
Isthme:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/isthme01.jpg
Le Tire-Bouchons, Isthme:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/photos/13.jpg
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/isthme04.jpg
Kerhostin:
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/kerostin01.jpg
The very old St. Pierre de Quiberon station:
http://regionaux.free.fr/reportages/bretagne/quiberon/09210103.jpg
< Cette gare voit s'arrêter tous les trains, sauf les trains de nuit, qui
filent directement à Quiberon.>
http://www.lesgares.com/decouverte/tire_bouchon/gare/photo_g/st_pierre_quibe
ron01.jpg




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