Besançon-Viotte-Vesoul railway line

Besançon-Viotte-Vesoul
Route number (SNCF) :	856,000
Route length:	63.8 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV - 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	15  ‰
Legend from Dole 405.8 Besançon-Viotte ⊙ 406.1 to Belfort 406.9 Saint-Claude tunnel n ° 1 (18 m) ⊙ 406.9 Saint-Claude tunnel n ° 2 (696 m) ⊙ 407.7 Saint-Claude tunnel n ° 3 (319 m) ⊙ 408.1 Besançon Portes de Vesoul (planned) ⊙ 410.3 École-Valentin ⊙ 411.1 Tunnel d'École (131 m) ⊙ 412.8 Miserey (planned) ⊙ 284 m after Montagney 415.3 Auxon-Dessus ⊙ 274 m to LGV Rhin-Rhône to Besançon TGV ⊙ to the LGV Rhin-Rhône to Mulhouse ⊙ Crossing under the N 57 (100 m) 418.4 Devecey 236 m 419.3 Shutdown limit 423.1 Mérey-Vieilley 240 m 427.8 Moncey 233 m 432.7 Viaduc sur le ruisseau de la Corcelle (185 m) 434.5 Rigney 236 m 439.7 Viaduc sur l'Ognon (80 m) 440.7 Loulans-les-Forges 246 m LGV Rhin-Rhône 445.7 Montbozon 287 m after Lure 450.5 Dampierre-sur-Linotte 263 m 456.2 Vallerois-le-Bois 287 m 462.2 Villers-le-Sec 468.5 Shutdown limit from Mulhouse 469.6 Vesoul to Paris

The Besançon-Viotte-Vesoul railway is a French railway line in Franche-Comté , which opened on July 22, 1872. This line was originally double-tracked. The section from Besançon to Les Auxons serves as a feeder to the LGV Rhin-Rhône and is used by the TGV and TER . The railway line from Devecey to Vesoul is closed.

history

The "Déclaration d'utilité publique" was issued on February 1, 1862. The line went into operation on July 22, 1872. An experiment with De Dietrich rail buses took place in 1935. Passenger traffic on the entire route, as well as goods traffic on the section from Loulans-les-Forges to Rigney , was suspended on May 11, 1959. On November 3, 1969, freight traffic was stopped on the Devecey- Rigney section . The Devecey – Loulans section was closed on January 14, 1972. Freight trains ran on the Montbozon - Vesoul section until December 16, 1973 . From then until May 31, 1987, only the remaining part of Loulans – Montbozon was in operation for freight traffic, which was served by the Montbozon – Lure railway. On February 8, 1976, the Montbozon – Vesoul section was closed, and on January 11, 2002 the section from Loulans to Montbozon. The Montbozon – Vesoul section is now used as a cycle path. There is a hiking trail from Devecey to Moncey .

Recommissioning

Route near Auxon-Dessus after the renewal

Besançon – Devecey section

The Besançon – Devecey section has been in operation again since December 2011 and connects Besançon-Viotte with the Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station . This section has been completely renewed, including electrification, new tracks and new safety technology installed so that up to 5 TGVs can travel to and from the LGV Rhin-Rhône on the route every day . In addition, there are 30 shuttle trains between the two stations every day . The journey time is 15 minutes.

The renewed route will be controlled by a Poste à commande informatisé type PIPC 2006 from THALES . This signal box is linked to the Poste informatisé type SEI of the high-speed line and that of Besançon Viotte station. The commissioning of these systems took place in August 2011, trains have been running according to schedule since December 2011.

With the restart of the line, three new stops for regional traffic should also be created; one has been in operation since September 2013, two more are planned:

Parts of this article seem out of date as of 2015 .
Please help to research and insert the missing information .

• The “Besançon Portes de Vesoul” stop is said to be near the Chemin de la combe noire. An industrial park is to be built there in the near future. It should be equipped with a 120 m long platform, a parking lot, a bus stop and a bicycle shed. Commissioning is scheduled for 2015.
• The “ École-Valentin ” stop is located in a central location, west of Route nationale 57 . It has been in operation since September 3, 2013 and TER trains on the Besançon-Viotte – Besançon TGV stop at the two 120 m long outer platforms. In 2012 the platform of the siding was laid, the platform on the through track was built in January 2013. The overpass was installed in July 2013 and has two elevators in addition to stairs. 3.05 million euros were invested, the region contributed 2 million euros. Originally up to 150 new parking spaces were to be created. The station is served by a bus line.
• The " Miserey-Salines " station is to be located at the western end of the municipality and also has two 120 m long platforms. In addition, 30 parking spaces are to be built, and there will be a shelter for bicycles. Commissioning should have taken place at the end of 2014.

Devecey – Vesoul section

A study was commissioned by the mayor of Vesoul to check whether it would be possible to reactivate the rest of the route.

There was also the idea of ​​leading the TGVs from Lorraine to the Mediterranean via Vesoul to the LGV Rhin-Rhône . However, another study showed that connecting via Lure to the LGV would be much cheaper than connecting via Vesoul. Ultimately, the planning via Vesoul was abandoned and concentrated on the connection via Lure.

Web links

Commons : Besançon-Viotte-Vesoul railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• (fr) Information about the construction of the new stops
• Pictures of the tunnels on the route on tunnels-ferroviaires.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ligne de Besançon-Viotte à Vesoul on lignes-oubliees.com
2. ↑ ^{a b} Christian RENET Marie-Claude Merle "Le canton de Montbozon" éditions Alain Sutton, 2006 ( ISBN 2-84910-377-2 )
3. ↑ Timetable Besançon Viotte-Besançon Franche-Comté TGV on ter-sncf.com (PDF; 142 kB)
4. ^ LGV Rhin Rhône, lettre au riverains. Hors-série ligne de Devecey (PDF; 619 kB)
5. ↑ Ouverture de la Halte d'Ecole-Valentin ( Memento of the original of December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ter-sncf.com, accessed January 8, 2014 
6. ↑ LA HALTE FERROVIAIRE D'ECOLE-VALENTIN OUVERTE AU PUBLIC on rff.fr
7. ↑ Keep Ecole-Valentin ( Memento of the original of January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ecole-valentin.fr, accessed on January 8, 2014  
8. ↑ Déclaration de projet du 9 mars 2012 relative à l'opération de création des haltes ferroviaires d'Ecole-Valentin et Miserey-Saline on rff.fr, accessed on 7 March 2015
9. ↑ (fr) Document about the construction of the new stops with maps (PDF; 688 kB)
10. ↑ Vesoul-Besançon: les études pour une liaison ferroviaire financées ( Memento of May 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) macommune.info 30 avril 2009
11. ↑ Desserte et trafic en Haute-Saône ( Memento of October 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.2 MB), Conseil Général 70 p. 6
12. ↑ Un pas de plus pour la ligne Belfort-Épinal Le Pays, October 4, 2009
13. ↑ SNCF: Nancy-Lyon en 2 h 38, d'ici 2020–2022 ( Memento of 7 October 2009 in the Internet Archive ) L'Alsace 6 octobre 2009

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