Brienne-le-Château train station
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 Brienne-le-Château station seen from the north-east
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| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Platform tracks | formerly 3 |
| opening | 1875 |
| Conveyance | 1950 |
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| City / municipality | Brienne-le-Château |
| Department | Aube department |
| region | Grand Est |
| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 23 '46 " N , 4 ° 31' 55" E |
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The Brienne-le-Château station was a regional crossing station and integrated into a dense network of strategic railway lines. The most important connection was the route opened in 1886 to Troyes , 42 kilometers away, to the southwest . This connection was closed to passenger traffic as early as the 1950s. This route is still approved for freight trains today.
history
The west-east line Jessains – Sorcy had already been opened in 1875, which initially only led as far as Montier-en-Der , but in 1883 could be fully driven. In north-south traffic, the station was on the St. Dizier –Montier-en-Der – Brienne-le-Château– Jessains line , where there was a connection to the Paris – Mulhouse line . The southern section was closed to passenger traffic in January 1938, the northern branch with the start of the winter timetable in 1950.
To the east of the city is an extensive military depot with an ammunition depot , which was built before the First World War and had siding from the start. Even today, military transports occasionally run there. The 8th supply unit (8e régiment du matériel) has been stationed there since 1990. With the advent of container traffic, a transshipment terminal was built for part of the extensive railway facilities , which is located north-east of the station, parallel to the track structure.
The unusually large station with almost a dozen continuous tracks was mainly needed for shunting traffic to the military camp and the connected routes. Two tracks on the side facing away from the city had loading ramps with an adjoining transshipment area.
building
The completely plastered, two-story station building is on the side of the railway line facing the city and is now in private hands. Single - storey outbuildings are attached to both sides of the eaves-standing , three-axis main building. On the south-facing side, there is also a goods shed with a covered loading platform. In the main building there was the counter hall and a small waiting room, above which there was an official apartment. Through the central axis there was access from the street side as well as an exit to the house platform . The three-axle extensions were intended for service rooms. Between the main building and the goods shed there is a small building with two symmetrically arranged doors that may have served as a toilet .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georges Ribeill, B. Collardey: Les lignes de fermetures au trafic voyageurs en France; Historail, Paris 2011, pp. 30-77
- ↑ http://inpn.mnhn.fr/zone/znieff/210001006/tab/commentaires
- ↑ http://www.mourmelonenfete.com/spip.php?article16 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
