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The Pont-l'Abbé - Audierne railway line was a local single-track metre gauge line, opened in 1912. It was nicknamed the ‘Train-carottes’ (Carrot Train) because it carried far more vegetables than passengers! Its final section, Pont-Croix - Audierne, was shared with another local single-track metre gauge line, a little older (1894), the Douarnenez-Audierne line, known as the ‘Train youtar’ (literally ‘porridge eater’ probably by assonance of the Breton word ‘youd’, porridge, with the noise of the locomotive (youd youd youd! …).

The section shared by both lines (Pont-Croix – Audierne) followed the right bank of the Goyen maritime estuary. The passenger buildings (BV) of the junction station, Pont-Croix, and of the terminus station, Audierne, were identical, apart from a few details of mouldings. The route, which was quite short, did not include any intermediate stations or stops.

Only the passenger building at Pont-Croix station has been preserved, unfortunately remodeled and converted into a private home. The one at Audierne has completely disappeared. The two former stations each retain old railway sheds, which are quite disfigured...

The operation of the Train-carottes ceased quite early, in 1935, followed by that of the Train youtar in 1938.

The old Pont-Croix – Audierne railway line is now a pleasant and popular walking path.

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