The Gare de Vannes, part II !!!

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I am just got around the train station area of many wonderful memories for business meetings in Paris for several years, Actually, I used it lots of times in my business travels and glad able to give an update on it. Vannes is our capital city of my beautiful  Morbihan  dept 56 of my lovely Bretagne and in my belle France, Therefore, here is my new take on the Gare de Vannes, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The train station or gare de Vannes (see post) is a railway station on the line from Savenay to Landerneau, located in the gare or train station neighborhood, on the territory of the city of Vannes. It notably serves the Gulf of Morbihan. You can make by train direct from Paris Montparnasse or even Roissy CDG with less frequency. And even to Marne-la-Vallée Chessy next to Disneyland Paris ! For ticketing and information see SNCF Voyageurs 7 place de la Gare also boutiques Galerie commerciale Carrefour   and Boutique SNCF Centre at 5 place du Poids Public in old town. The Vannes train station, I took many times from 2014 to 2018 almost weekly and it is tops, full facilities free parking and services . Vannes is served by the TGV and regional express trains such as TER Bretagne and TER Pays de la Loire. It is served by the TGV inOui and Ouigo from the relationship between Quimper and Paris-Montparnasse via Rennes and Redon. full facilities free parking and services . For parking you have P1 by Avenue Favrel et Lincy , P2 et P3 by rue de Strasbourg (behind the station, my parking), and P4 for the subscribers to the TER trains, In my business travel days the P3 was free now is payable by EFFIA, The official EFFIA parkings : https://www.effia.com/parking/parking-gare-de-vannes-p2-effia

The renovations that have been going on for several years for the Gare de Vannes are now finally over, and the pedestrian and cycle bridge at the multimodal transport hub (PEM) is open to the public. A true emblem of the project, it provides a safe north-south link for pedestrians and cyclists, a more peaceful access to the platforms, and strengthens connections between different modes of transport. Its opening also allows for the completion of parking facilities for vehicles. The bridge was designed to offer a high level of service: 62 meters long and 7 meters above the railway !tracks, a pedestrian and cycle link crossing the railway tracks, direct access to the SNCF platforms, 4 elevators for people with reduced mobility, 150 bicycle parking spaces, spiral cycle ramps integrated into the roundabouts, and a light and airy structure supported by steel diamond-shaped beams without internal columns.

Just across you have the ,also, renovated Gare Routiére or Bus station of the multimodal interchange hub (PEM), It is only 100 meters from the entrance to the SNCF station , It has now 10 main platforms plus 4 reserve, 115 meters long, 50% more capacity, Each day, the station will accommodate 7 BreizhGo bus lines of the Brittany Region, 5 bus lines Kicéo peri-urban lines and school transport of the Vannes agglo or metro area, My family has taken the buses here a lot over the years and its great.

The Golfe du Morbihan Vannes Agglo or metro area comprises 34 towns around Vannes : https://www.golfedumorbihan-vannesagglomeration.bzh/lagglo/territoire/

The City of Vannes on its public transports: https://www.mairie-vannes.fr/transports-en-commun

The TER Bretagne trains from Vannes : https://www.ter.sncf.com/bretagne/se-deplacer/gares/vannes-87476606

The SNCF trains gare de Vannes : https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/fr/gares-services/vannes

There you go folks, a wonderful memorable train station, actually , I missed it,,, You get the updated version here and always in mind if future travels need it, You are well into using it for your travels as well , The train station is very much walkable for the main sights. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Gare de Vannes, part II !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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