Finistère
Arrondissement de Brest
Brest

Brest station

Brest station is the railway station serving , France. It is the western terminus of the Paris–Brest railway. 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.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in France
  • Also known as: “Brest railway station” and “Brest Railway Station”
  • Address: 8 Place du 19ème Régiment d’Infanterie, Brest, 29200
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cinémathèque de Bretagne and La Carène.

Movie theater
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The is an associative film archive created in 1986 in by Mathilde Valverde and André Colleu, and headquartered in , . Its aim is to preserve and disseminate the Breton audiovisual heritage. is situated 350 metres northwest of Brest station.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a theater building, which is situated 350 metres southwest of Brest station.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 420 metres west of Brest station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porte Tourville and Jean Bart Gate.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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is the section of the city of , on the right bank of the River . The popular and historically-Breton quarter is in contrast to the largely-Francophone quarter of Brest-même or Brest-proper, on the left bank.

Brest station

Latitude
48.38769° or 48° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
-4.48009° or 4° 28′ 48″ west
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
UIC ID
87474007
Open location code
8CWQ9GQ9+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2207570062
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8286906
Wiki­data ID
Q2255490
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Polish—“Brest station” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Stacioni i Brestit”
  • Breton: “Brest”
  • Breton: “gar Brest”
  • Chinese: “布雷斯特站”
  • Dutch: “station Brest”
  • Dutch: “Station Brest”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة بريست”
  • Esperanto: “Brest”
  • French: “Brest”
  • French: “gare de Brest”
  • French: “Gare de Brest”
  • French: “gare SNCF de Brest”
  • German: “Bahnhof Brest”
  • Hungarian: “Gare de Brest”
  • Italian: “stazione di Brest”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Brest”
  • Japanese: “ブレスト駅”
  • Polish: “Gare de Brest”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brest station”. Photo: AirScott, CC BY-SA 4.0.