Amagne-Lucquy – Revigny railway line

Amagne-Lucquy-Revigny
Route near Vouziers , 2017
Route number (SNCF) :	210,000
Course book route (SNCF) :	6th
Route length:	108 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	7  ‰
Dual track :	formerly yes
Legend Soissons – Givet railway from Soissons Hirson – Amagne-Lucquy railway line from Hirson 102.0 0.0 Amagne-Lucquy 82 m Railway Soissons – Givet to Givet 2.4 Amagne Village 82 m 6.2 Alland'Huy 90 m 9.9 Attigny (Ardennes) 84 m Aisne (54 m) Canal des Ardennes (28 m) 14.7 Rilly-Semuy-Saint-Irénée 90 m 19.0 Voncq 89 m 23.8 Vrizy-Vandy 93 m Canal d'Amenée (22 m) 28.2 Vouzier 95 m Vouziers – Châtelet-sur-Retourne railway line ( Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes ) 30.3 Savigny 102 m 34.6 Saint-Morel 122 m 37.7 Monthois 110 m Bazancourt – Challerange railway from Bazancourt 40.8 Challerange 106 m Railway line Challerange – Apremont-sur-Aire to Apremont-sur-Aire 41.8 End of the route 47.2 Autry 122 m ~ 49.2 Ardennes / Marne department 49.2 Dormoise (12 m) 50.7 Cernay-en-Dormois 119 m 54.7 Ville-sur-Tourbe 123 m 54.9 Canal de la Tourbe (12 m) 60.0 Vienne-la-Ville 130 m 64.8 65.3 Aisne (2 ×) (12 + 30 m) 65.7 La Neuville-au-Pont 135 m 67.9 68.8 Aisne (2 ×) (40 + 40 m) Auve 71.3 Ste-Menehould-Guise 138 m Railway Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple-Hagondange from St.-Hilaire-au-T. 72.4 Sainte-Menehould 140 m 74.3 Railway Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple – Hagondange to Hagondange Aisne to the Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple-Hagondange railway line 75.0 A 4 81.2 Villers-Daucourt 152 m LGV Est européenne 84 Le Vieil-Dampierre 159 m 91.1 Givry-en-Argonne 174 m ~ 95.7 Marne / Meuse department 99.1 Sommeilles-Nettancourt 151 m 100.1 Ornain (60 m) Paris – Strasbourg railway from Paris-Est 107.2 237.3 Revigny – Saint-Dizier line to Saint-Dizier 238 Revigny-sur-Ornain 146 m Railway line Paris – Strasbourg to Strasbourg-Ville

The Amagne-Lucquy-Revigny railway is a formerly double-track , now partially closed strategic railway in France . It runs through the three departments Ardennes , Marne and Meuse . In the south it has access to the railway Revigny-Saint-Dizier , which here with the Paris-Strasbourg railway meet. In the north, the line in Amagne - Lucquy ran together with the Soissons - Givet railway line , via which there was a connection in Rethel via Hirson to Lille . It led past Verdun at a distance of approx. 35 km through the middle of the battlefields of the First World War . The destruction of the railway systems was correspondingly great.

history

At the end of November 1871, six months after the end of the war, the private concession company made up of investors, Amagne à Vouziers , acquired the rights to build and operate the central section between Challerange and Vouziers of this line, which was opened in November 1878. As early as June 1873, the northern section was cleared and declared “public”, i.e. also approved for passenger traffic. At the end of 1875, the southern section from Vouziers was sold to the Chemin de fer de l'Est (CE), and the northern section followed on June 11, 1883. This last section was put into operation for the winter timetable in 1882.

Destruction during the First World War, Vouziers station

In Sainte-Menehould and in Challerange there were extensive track systems that could serve all connected destinations without crossing, as well as a locomotive shed, two platforms for the military and a private connection to the sugar factory.

In 1904 there were five, and in 1914 even six, round trips in all three carriage classes on this route. The journey time was over four hours. In the summer of 1954, a pair of trains was still running on this route as a 3rd class passenger train. In the morning from Amagne-Lucquy (from 7:00 a.m.) to Gevigny (two and a half hours later), back again in the afternoon at 4:00 p.m. with a stop at all stations on the way.

On September 28, 1969, passenger traffic was stopped on the entire route, and freight traffic followed on the Challerange – Revigny section in the early 1970s. This part was de-dedicated on January 14, 1972.

The Chemin de Fer Touristique du Sud des Ardennes (CFTSA) has been serving the 40-kilometer section between Amagne-Lucquy and Challerange with the X 3800 series diesel railcars since 1988 .

topography

After the Second World War, the line was no longer double-tracked, but all train stations and their switches remained functional, so that an overhaul or encounter was possible at each station. The route mainly runs along bodies of water and has no major differences in altitude. Only between Givry-en-Argonne and Sommeille-Nettancourt is there an approximately five-kilometer-long track section with a 7 ‰ gradient, otherwise the gradient is usually between 2 and 5 ‰.

Web links

• Randonnees ferroviaires on inventaires-ferroviaires.fr
• 210,000 Amagne-Lucquy - Challerange - Ste-Ménéhould - Revigny Photos on Bahnbilder.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ste Menehould. Plan schématique de situation vers 1935 on forums.lrpresse.fr, http://forums.lrpresse.fr/trains/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=84312&start=45
2. ↑ Challerange on forums.lrpresse.fr, http://forums.lrpresse.fr/trains/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=84312&start=60
3. ^ Amagne, Vouziers et Revigny. Chemins de fer de l'Est , on forums.lrpresse.fr, http://forums.lrpresse.fr/trains/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=84312&sid=edb6a98f08fa09f2100f71fe15868681&start=60
4. ↑ Route 111 Est: Revigny Amagne-Lucquy on forums.lrpresse.fr, http://forums.lrpresse.fr/trains/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=84312&start=45
5. ^ Journal Officiel de la République Française du 2 février 1972, page 1277
6. ↑ CFTSA - Chemin de Fer Touristique du Sud des Ardennes on Ardennes-Sud