Blesme-Haussignémont – Chaumont railway line

Blesme-Haussignémont – Chaumont
Former Saint-Eulien train station, Meuse around 1900
Route number (SNCF) :	020 000
Route length:	89.3 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	6.3 6  ‰
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	Yes
Legend Paris – Strasbourg railway from Paris Gare de l'Est 217.1 Blesme House Signémont 109 m Railway Paris – Strasbourg to Strasbourg 223.5 Saint-Vrain 141 m 225.5 Vouillers 142 m 227.2 Saint-Eulien 142 m 228 Territory border Marne / Haute-Marne 230 Villiers-en-Lieu 140 m 234.3 Saint-Dizier 145 m N4 Revigny – Saint-Dizier railway line to / from Revigny 235.3 Railway line St-Dizier – Doulevant-le-Château to Doulevant-le-Ch. 238 Marnaval 148 m Departmental border Haute-Marne / Marne 239.8 Ancerville-Güe 153 m Railway line Güe – Menaucourt to Menaucourt Territory border Marne / Haute-Marne 240.4 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (12 m) 240.6 +242.2 Marne (2 ×) (112 + 89 m) 242.6 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (12 m) 244.6 Eurville 159 m 249.3 Bayard 165 m 253.5 Chevillon 171 m 257.7 Curel - Autigny 177 m 261.2 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (15 m) 261.3 Marne (70 m) Railway Jessains – Sorcy from Montier-en-Der 263.6 Joinville 188 m Railway line Jessains – Sorcy to Gondrecourt 268.7 Fronville – Saint-Urbain 194 m 272.7 Donjeux 207 m 276.1 Marne (48 m) 276.2 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (44 m) 276.4 Gudmont 210 m 277.2 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (18 m) 277.2 +278.2 Marne (2 ×) (56 + 70 m) 278.7 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (33 m) 278.8 Tunnel de Gutmont (269 m) 220 m 279.2 Canal de la Marne à la Saône (20 m) 279.3 Marne (34 m) 281.1 Froncles 219 m 284.6 Vignory 228 m 288.6 Vraincourt - Viéville 236 m Bologne – Pagny-sur-Meuse railway from Neufchâteau 293 Bologne 242 m 295.4 Marault 254 m 301.2 Jonchery 286 m 303.7 260 Paris – Mulhouse railway line from / to Paris Gare de l'Est N67 260.8 Viaduc de Chaumont ( Suize ) (600 m) 261.8 Chaumont 314 m Paris – Mulhouse line to Mulhouse

The Blesme-Haussignémont – Chaumont railway was a formerly double-track , standard-gauge railway in what is now the Grand Est region in France . It was opened between 1854 and 1857. Only the first part, almost twenty kilometers long, to Saint-Dizier was electrified in 1961. The almost ninety kilometer long route today represents an important cross-connection between the Paris-Strasbourg and Paris-Mulhouse highways .

history

The building application from the newly founded Compagnie du chemin de fer de Blesme et Saint-Dizier à Gray for the construction of the route on March 26, 1852 was approved three months later. With the acceptance of the route, ownership passed to the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg , which was taken over by the Chemin de fer de l'Est in 1854 . The last section of the Donjeux – Chaumont line was then inaugurated on April 25, 1857 under a new owner. On January 1, 1938, the company and its property were nationalized and until January 1, 1997 it was run under the SNCF. Until 2014, the route was under the control of the Réseau ferré de France (RFF), which was under the Ministry of Transport. Since then, the SNCF Réseau has been operating the route network.

Route

The route leads over almost flat terrain and roughly follows the course of the Marne from Saint-Dizier . A special feature is the northern curved track, which leads completely around the town of Blesme in the direction of Saint Dizier, while the track in the opposite direction runs south along the edge of the town. The maximum distance between the two tracks is around 500 meters, the arch itself is a good 2000 meters long. The reason for this track guidance is Blesme-Haussignémont the following immediately west railway station, a flying junction prevented closer to the Südgleis above or below the line to Strasbourg.

As far as Joinville , the route runs in a north-west -south-east direction and from there to Chaumont in a north-south direction. The tunnel near Gutmont, where the circulating mountain Fôret de Georges is cut through, and the six hundred meter long Viaduc de Chaumont , which bridges the Suize , a left tributary of the Marne, are to be mentioned as special structures .

passenger traffic

All passenger trains on this route are served by the TER Champagne-Ardenne .

The frequency of train journeys decreases towards the southeast. While 17 pairs of trains come from Châlons-en-Champagne on weekdays to St. Dizier, there are only six to Joinville and only two connections from there to Chaumont . These two trains connect the two metropolises of Reims and Dijon . The trains that end in St. Dizier come partly from Paris-Est. About half as many pairs of trains run on Sundays and public holidays.

Web links

• Route network around 1855 , BnF Gallica: Carte du réseau des Chemins de fer de l'Est et de ses relations directes avec l'Allemagne, la Suisse et la Haute Italie.
• Route network from December 1898 , BnF Gallica: Carte du réseau des Chemins de fer de l'Est.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ligne de Culmont-Chalindrey à Gray . Datasheet (French)
2. ↑ Data sheet on the tunnel near Gutmont , Inventaire des tunnels ferroviaires de France