(rshsdepot) 10. Brittany part 10 (Landivisiau, Landerneau, Brest, Plabennec, Vilette, Ruffa, Bohars, St. Pierre Quibignon gares, Trams Brestois, Le Conquet station)

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

Moving west of Plouret on the main North Coast Railway. Here is a 1863 photo
of the construction of the high arched Morlaix viaduct:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/29_morlaix_1863.jpg

Landivisiau: (Les 2 Gares, Landivisau):
http://www.ibretagne.net/FR/OBJ/MEM00810.html

Landerneau station:  is just before Brest:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/29_landerneau.jpg

Brest is the westernmost town on Britanny.
Detailed map, Brest is on the Bay of Brest:
http://www.chemin-de-fer.org/trains-nord/cartes-29/29-01.jpg
On the Brittany mainland, Brest is the westernmost part of mainland France.
Here is the Brest railroad station, built 1865, on this c.1900 postcard. La
Gare de l'Ouest:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/france-bretagne/Images/cartes/042.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/29_brest.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/29_brest_ext.jpg
It took 16 hours from Paris to the "end of the world.":
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/gareetat.jpg
I like the three sailors...
Different view:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/roland.arzul/etat/lignes/gares/29_brest_etat.jpg
The main hall was demolished in 1935 and modernized. In 1940 bombing
destroyed the rest.
Brest had a few rail stations.
La gare de Plabennec, Brest: http://www.chez.com/eddyko/plabennec.html
La gare Vilette, Brest (1st station after Brest):
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/vilette2.JPG
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/la%20vilette.JPG
La Gare Ruffa, Brest was an important station once, the Bohars et St. Renan
line and the Gouesnou et Plabennec lines came to this station:
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/ruffa.JPG
(After Vilette after leaving Brest main station)
La Gare de Bohars, Brest: http://www.chez.com/eddyko/bohars.JPG
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/petite%20gare.JPG
St. Pierre Quilbignon, Brest was a tramways station/terminal; the first is a
great picture, why is she running?:  http://big.chez.com/eddyko/stpierre.jpg
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/conq.jpg
http://www.ibretagne.net/FR/OBJ/MEM00789.html
http://www.ibretagne.net/FR/OBJ/MEM00788.html
Trams Brestois:
1st tram in 1898, between Town Hall and the Kerinou factory.
The Brest Conquet (St. Pierre Quibignon to Conquet.)  This line used two
poles like Cincinnati; well, a bit different. Here is a price schedule for
all the 20 stops in 20 kilometers on this tram route, you might note the
various rail lines, some of which I haven't mentioned yet (this resembles a
time table): http://www.chez.com/eddyko/horaires.jpg
The Tram Conquet running in Brest streets:
http://big.chez.com/eddyko/tramville.jpg
At Kerinou: http://big.chez.com/eddyko/tramkerinou.jpg
Tram at Kerjean: http://www.chez.com/eddyko/tramcamp.jpg
What we see in the picture below is, on the left on la rue is the one pole
Brest city streetcar, a nice waiting structure on the left. On the right is
the waiting room for the Conquet tram which had private right-of-way as we
see here, with the two pole two car tram on the right in the picture below.
We see two lines here:
Rue Brest (on left): http://www.chez.com/eddyko/tramruebrest.jpg
Le Conquet terminal station, "tram at the door", 1908:
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/garetram2.jpg
Trams ended 1932.
Here now is  Le viaduc de Lambézellec  :
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/pont.JPG
http://www.chez.com/eddyko/viaduc%202.JPG



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