Le Fret
Opened in 1925, a relatively late addition to the French railway network was the 109km long metre gauge branch from Carhaix with a connection to the Brest to Quimper main line at Chateaulin. It was built primarily to serve agricultural communities on the Crozon Peninsula terminating at the fishing port of Camaret-sur-Mer with a short branch to Le Fret, the latter pictured here on 24 May 2022. The attractive stations were built to the same design, nicknamed bigoudenes because of openwork granite chimneys resembling an embroidered headdress of the Breton bigouden country. The line closed on 28 April 1967.
Location: Le Fret
Original line: Réseau Breton
Photographer: Malcolm Chattwood
Contact photographer: Malcolm Chattwood
Date: 24/05/2022
Image number: 81562
