Gare de Brest is the station

Train station

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 serving Brest

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

, France

France

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. It is the western terminus of the Paris–Brest railway

Paris–Brest railway

The railway from Paris to Brest is an important French 622-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the western port city Brest via Le Mans and Rennes. It is used for passenger and freight traffic...

. The new station, built above the town's harbour in 1932 on the site of its 1865 predecessor, includes a tall clock tower and a semi circle passenger hall. The current building of 1932, by the CF de l'Etat

Chemin de Fer de l'État

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, replaces the older building built in 1865 by the CF de l'Ouest

Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest

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.

The station saw the arrival of the TGV Atlantique in 1990 but saw little changes to its structure.

Brest is linked to Rennes

Gare de Rennes

Rennes railway station is situated in the town centre of Rennes, France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest, Rennes–Saint-Malo and the Rennes–Redon railways....

 and Paris

Gare Montparnasse

Paris Montparnasse is one of the six large terminus railway stations of Paris, located in the Montparnasse area in the XIVe arrondissement. The station was opened in 1840, and rebuilt completely in 1969...

 as well as regional (TER

TER Bretagne

TER Bretagne is the regional rail network serving Brittany, in the north west of France.- Rail :-Road:*Carhaix - Rosporden*Vannes - Pontivy - Saint-Brieuc*Lorient - Loudéac - Saint-Brieuc*Fougères - Laval*Rennes - Mont-Saint-Michel*Rennes - Pontivy...

) services to Brittany

Brittany

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 including Quimper, Landerneau

Landerneau

Landerneau is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, east of Brest...

, Morlaix

Morlaix

Morlaix is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-Leisure and tourism:...

 and Lannion

Lannion

Lannion is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a subpréfecture of Côtes-d'Armor, the capital of Trégor and the center of an urban area of almost 60,000 inhabitants.-Population:...

 (via Plouaret-Trégor

Gare de Plouaret-Trégor

Gare de Plouaret-Trégor is a railway station serving the town Plouaret, Côtes-d'Armor department, western France. It is situated on the Paris–Brest railway and the branch line to Lannion.-Services:-References:*...

). TGV

TGV

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trains to Paris take approximately four and a half hours to reach the capital.

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