Bazancourt – Challerange railway line

Bazancourt – Challerange railway line
Callerange station, "Reconstruction" type, summer 2013
Route number (SNCF) :	207,000
Course book route (SNCF) :	29 1 (formerly 22)
Route length:	52.4 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	7  ‰
Dual track :	Yes
Legend Soissons – Givet railway from Soissons 71.7 0.0 Bazancourt 77 m 0.3 Suippe Railway Soissons – Givet to Givet Suippe 2.5 Isles-sur-Suippe N 51 2.8 Suippe 3.9 Warmeriville 80 m 7.5 Heutrégiville 88 m 9.3 Saint-Masmes 88 m 10.1 Suippe 13.3 Pontfaverger (formerly Pont-Faverger) 95 m ~ 13.8 D 980 (formerly RN 380 ) 16.6 Bétheniville 99 m 16.8 Suippe 19.8 Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit 104 m 22.8 Suippe 23.2 Dontria 108 m 23.7 Py 27.2 Saint-Souplet-sur-Py 122 m 34.2 Sommepy (formerly Somme-Py) 141 m ~ 34.3 D 977 (formerly RN 77 ) 38.7 Tunnel de Manre (460 m; destroyed); Marne / Ardennes department border 43.3 Manre 127 m 43.9 Allin 46.5 Ardeuil-Marvaux 115 m ~ 48.6 D 982 (formerly RN 382 ) Amagne-Lucquy – Revigny railway from Amagne-Lucquy 52.4 40.8 Challerange 106 m Allin Railway line Challerange – Apremont-sur-Aire to Apremont-sur-Aire 41.8 End of the route Amagne-Lucquy – Revigny line to Revigny

The Bazancourt – Challerange railway was a French , double-track , west-east-directed railway line, which was mainly of regional importance, but was also of military interest in the first half of the 20th century. There has been no passenger traffic since 1938, and the last freight trains were running in 2013. It was decommissioned in 2018.

history

Track diagram, height profile and kilometer table

Autumn / winter 1909 timetable

Soon after the opening of the Soissons – Givet railway from Reims to the north on June 10, 1858, interest aroused in building a branch line into the Suippe valley . To this end, the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de la Suippe was founded , which on May 15, 1868 acquired a concession for the construction and operation of a railway from Bazancourt to Bétheniville . As early as November 27, 1868, the state declared the line to be of public use. The same decree approved a contract for the operation of the line concluded on May 14, 1868 between the Gesellschaft de la Suippe and the Chemin de fer de l'Est (EST). The operating company thus allows EST to use the operating facilities for a fee. Initially, only a single track was opened on May 11, 1872, but a second track was soon added to cope with the increasing workload. The company agreement between the Suippebahn and EST remained unchanged. On December 6, 1886, the line was extended to Challerange . It thus linked the Marne and Ardennes departments .

In the same year 1886 the Amagne-Lucquy-Revigny line was extended to the Pont-Maugis-Lérouville line . Later it was built up to Marcq-Saint-Juvin.

During the First World War , the route and the surrounding villages were severely damaged. Only a few railwaymen's houses and the train stations in Dontrien , Sommepy and Ardeuil-Marvaux survived the war and have been preserved. The other stations received new buildings of the type "Reconstruction". The Manre Tunnel, which was destroyed by the effects of the war in February 1918, was replaced by a cut into the terrain. After the Second World War, one track was removed from the entire route.

On July 5, 1971, the line between Sommepy and Challerange was also closed to freight traffic. Challerange itself could still be served on the Amagne-Lucquy-Revigny railway line until the station was no longer served on July 15, 2008. In 1989 the Dontrien – Sommepy section was closed. The route has not been maintained since 2013 and was finally closed on October 16, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ L'élagage du réseau a continué en 2018 . Réseaux français on Railpassion.fr, April 22, 2019
2. ↑ N ° 16924: Décret impérial qui, 1 ° déclare d'utilité publique l'établissement du chemin de fer d'intérêt local de Bazancourt à Bétheniville; 2 ° approuve le traité passé avec la Compagnie de l'Est pour l'exploitation de ce chemin de fer: November 27, 1868 , Bulletin des lois de l'Empire Français, Paris, series XI, vol. 33, no 1710, 1868, pages 699-719.
3. ^ Atlas des lignes de chemins de fer disparues. Archeology ferroviaire, 2013
4. ↑ Overture de la ligne 22 Bazancourt – Challerange – Apremont. Historail n ° 18, November 12, 2015, pages 44-46
5. ^ HC Barnes: The Organization and Operations of the Railway Artillery Reserve, American Expeditionary Forces. In: Journal of the United States Artillery, Artillery School Press, September 1919, Volume 51, No. 3, Page 260
6. ↑ CHALLERANGE (fermée le 15/07/2008) SNCF on Internet Archive