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Brest Station

All you need to know

Brest station is an important railway station in Finistère, in the Brittany region. It is located near the city centre.

Built on a hill in Art Deco style, the station enjoys a fine view over the harbour from its elevated position. You can wait in the waiting room, buy newspapers and magazines in the dedicated shop and use the "Accès Plus" facilities for people with reduced mobility. The station is close to several green spaces (the Jardin Extraordinaire, the Jardin Alphonse Juin and the Jardin Victor Segalen). The port, with its castle listed as a historic monument, is a few hundred metres to the south-west.

Getting to Brest station

To get to the station, you can use the city's public transport network. Bibus bus lines stop nearby at "Kennedy Gare" and "Gambetta Gare". Tram line B also serves the station.

Main destinations from Brest station

Brest station is served by regional as well as national trains.

For example, you can take one of the many TER BreizhGo trains to Rennes, Quimper, Landerneau, Saint-Brieuc, Nantes, Morlaix and Vannes.

Journeys are also available from Brest station to Paris Montparnasse (via Rennes, among others). For these, you can take TGV INOUI or OUIGO trains.

The bus station is opposite the SNCF station. Several BreizhGo coach lines can be taken from here, as well as a shuttle to Brest airport in around 25 minutes. Flixbus and BlaBlaCar Bus coaches also stop at the bus station.

  • Opening time (excluding public holidays)

    Sunday : from 7h 15m to 0h 20m and Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday : from 4h 45m to 21h 45m and Friday : from 4h 45m to 1h 00m and Saturday : from 4h 45m to 23h 20m

  • Bank holiday hours

    New Year’s Day - Easter Monday - Labour Day - Victory Day (1945) - Ascension Thursday - Whit Monday - French National Day - Assumption Day - All Saints’ Day - Armistice Day - Christmas : from 7h 20m to 0h 00m

  • Address

    8 Place du 19e Régiment d'Infanterie 29200 BREST

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