Aillevillers – Port-d'Atelier-Amance railway line

Aillevillers-Port-d'Atelier-Amance
Aillevillers station platform 2015
Route number (SNCF) :	057 000
Route length:	30.1 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	7  ‰
Dual track :	Aillevillers-Port-d'Atelier-Amance
Legend Blainville-Damelevières – Lure railway from Blainville-Damelevières Aillevillers – Plombières-les-Bains railway from Plombières 94.2 Aillevillers 282m Blainville-Damelevières – Lure to Lure railway line 98.9 N 64 (until 1976) 99.3 Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 251 m 108.0 Conflans-Varigney 231 m 109.7 Lantern (75 m) 115.9 Mersuay 221 m 118.7 Lantern (95 m) 118.9 N 434 (since 1973 D434) 119.3 Faverney 218 m Paris – Mulhouse railway from Mulhouse 124.3 360.5 Port-d'Atelier-Amance 219 m Paris – Mulhouse line to Paris-Est

The Aillevillers – Port-d'Atelier-Amance railway was a standard-gauge , double-track railway in the French Haute-Saône , Franche-Comté region . In the west it branches off from the Paris – Mulhouse railway line , and in the east it connects with the Blainville – Damelevières – Lure railway line . The approximately 30-kilometer line was put into operation in 1860 and closed again in 1991.

history

The planning and construction of the line ran at the same time as that of the Paris – Mulhouse line. By decree of August 17, 1853, the construction of the line from Paris to Mulhouse and this line, which represents a section from Nancy to Gray via Epinal and Vesoul, was approved. The concessionaire was the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg . This company was taken over by the Chemin de fer de l'Est on January 21, 1854 . The original plan via Vesoul was discarded in favor of Port-d'Atelier- Amance. The opening took place on February 4, 1860.

The main purpose of this line was initially to connect the capital of the Département Vosges , Épinal , with the southern parts of the country and the connection to the Paris – Mulhouse main line, but with the shorter connections via Neufchâteau, which was completed in 1884, this route lost its attractiveness. For many years there was a seasonal direct connection to Nice . Until the line was closed in 1991, the through coaches still drove to the West Alsatian seaside resorts, which were produced by several bathing trains in the summer months .

The entire length of the line was shut down and de-dedicated on October 9, 1998.

Web links

Commons : Aillevillers – Port-d'Atelier-Amance railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Raymond Cima