Is that it (SNCF Branch service)

[starrymarkb]

I knew things could be a bit hit and miss on the lignes classiques but I was surprised to see that the branch serving the port of Roscoff in Britany is only served by 2 trains per day @.@ - guess I'm used to the half hourly service on the Exmouth branch..

 

[asylumxl]

That's apparently normal. Frances conventional rail system is falling into disrepair because they only care about the TGV network.

 

[Drsatan]

Too true. In July I went with my Dad to St Malo on the ferry from Pompey and decided to get a train from St Malo to Dole just for the hell of it. The train times I'd printed from the SNCF website only showed trains up to 09:50, but as the one before that wa at 09:20, I assumed the trains to Dole from then on ran at xx:20 and xx:50. Big mistake. We got to the station and discovered that the next train was the 12:50 TGV to Paris, and the next one to Dole wouldn't be until 13:00!

 

[A60K]

And on some lines you'll find (if you look carefully at the timetable) that part or all of the service is run by 'Autocar' - a bus!

 

[starrymarkb]

So I guess it would be bus (if those exist - is there a french version of the traveline site?) to the junction and see what is about on the mainline

 

[A60K]

The SNCF autocars will be shown as part of a normal rail timetable search, but I don't know if there is a French Traveline equivalent. The website of the departement concerned may help with bus details.
Edit: for French departement councils, the web address is www.cgXX.fr where XX should be replaced by the number of the departement - 29 for Finistere, in which Rostock is located.