Orléans–Montauban railway

Orléans–Montauban railway
Orléans–Montauban railway
	Viaduc SNCF de Souillac France
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	RFF
Locale	France (Centre-Val de Loire,; Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie)
Termini	Les Aubrais station; Montauban-Ville-Bourbon station;
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1847-1893
Technical
Line length	544 km (338 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1.5 kV DC
Route map
Route map

The railway from Orléans to Montauban is an important French 544-kilometre long railway line, that connects Orléans and northern France to Montauban and southern France via Limoges. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1893, when the section from Limoges to Brive-la-Gaillarde was finished.