Châteaubriant – Ploërmel railway line

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Châteaubriant – Ploërmel
Bridge over the Vilaine, around 1903
Route number (SNCF) :	463,000
Route length:	94 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	15  ‰
Legend Kilometers from the old Paris MP train station via Sablé Sablé – Montoir-de-Bretagne railway line by Sablé Châteaubriant – Rennes railway line from Rennes 355,464 Châteaubriant ⊙ (71 m) 356,0xx Nantes – Châteaubriant railway line to Nantes 356.280 Sablé – Montoir-de-Bretagne railway line to Montoir-de-B. Chère ⊙ 362.59x Ruffigné - St-Aubin-des-Châteaux (64 m) 367,996 Rougé ⊙ (53 m) 372.82x La Thébaudais (depot) (76 m) 376.21x Ercé - Teillay ⊙ (96 m) 382.4xx La Robinais ⊙ (107 m) 387.5xx Bain-de-Bretagne ⊙ (76 m) 395.2xx Rennes – Redon railway line ⊙ from Rennes 398.272 Messac - Guipry ⊙ (11 m) Rennes – Redon railway line according to Redon 399.07x Vilaine (96 m) 401.7xx Guipry (35 m) 405.955 Pipriac - Lohéac - Lieuron ⊙ (53 m) 414.192 Maure-de-Bretagne ⊙ (44 m) 419.15x Les Brulais ⊙ (62 m) 423.22x Aff ⊙ (24 m) 425.162 Guer ⊙ (46 m) 431.40x Porcaro ⊙ (43 m) 438.21x Augan ⊙ (57 m) Questembert – Ploërmel railway line from Questembert 449,4xx 33,173 Ploërmel ⊙ (56 m) Ploërmel – La Brohinière railway line to La Brohinière

The Châteaubriant – Ploërmel line was a French standard-gauge railway that connected Châteaubriant in the Loire-Atlantique department with Ploërmel in the Morbihan department . The route was single-track and not electrified, today it is mostly a cycle path (Voie Verte) . It consisted of two sections; the east led from Châteaubriant via Rougé and Bain-de-Bretagne to north of Messac (Ille-et-Vilaine) , the west from Messac - Guipry station via Maure-de-Bretagne to Ploërmel. In between, the older Rennes – Redon railway line, which still existed in 2015, was used for around three kilometers . In Guer , the Saint-Cyr Military School training center and the military training areas there were connected.

history

A rail connection between Châteaubriant and Ploërmel, over or near Bain and Messac, was included as number 66 in the Freycinet plan of July 17, 1879. Exactly four years later, the concession agreement for a number of routes, including this one, was signed with the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest (Ouest) and confirmed by law on November 20, 1883.

The eastern section was put into operation on August 9, 1896. The part from Messac to Ploërmel followed on April 5, 1903.

Passenger traffic ended between Châteaubriant and Messac on October 2, 1938, and on March 6, 1939 on the branch to Ploërmel.

Freight traffic also disappeared in steps. The section from La Thébaudais to the junction at Messac was closed on November 12, 1954. On October 19, 1967, Guer – Ploërmel followed. Between Thébaudais and Rougé was on October 29, 1970. The western remainder to Guer lasted until December 9, 1992, between Chateaubriant and Rougé, and thus on the last part of the route, the train finally left on July 18, 2000.

traces

Former track area in Ploërmel with wagons set up in memory of the railway

The Châteaubriant station and the Rennes – Redon railway line, including the shared section and the Messac - Guipry station, are still in operation (as of November 2015).

The remaining tracks have been completely dismantled, a large part of the route has become a cycle path and can still be recognized as a former railway line with dams, cuts and wide curves. The largest engineering structure on the route, the bridge over the Vilaine near Guipry, has also been preserved as part of the cycle path.

The Bain-de-Bretagne train station is now a residential building, there is still a platform house on the way. The Guer train station is now a tourist information office, the preserved water tower there carries the fire siren. The reception buildings in Porcaro and Augan are also privately owned. The Ploërmel station houses a vocational school for craftsmen.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief description of the train station ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2015  
2. ↑ "N ° 8168 - Loi qui classe 181 lignes de chemin de fer dans le réseau des chemins de fer d'intérêt general: 17 juillet 1879", Bulletin des lois de la République Française, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, series XII, vol. 19, no 456, 1879, pp. 6–12 , accessed on November 20, 2015.
3. ↑ "N ° 14218 - Loi qui approuvé la convention passée, le 17 juillet 1883 entre le ministre des Travaux publics et la Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Ouest: 20 novembre 1883," Bulletin des lois de la République Française, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, série XII, vol. 28, no 834, 1884, pp. 359-367 , accessed on November 20, 2015.
4. ^ Journal Officiel de la République française du 12 November 1954, p. 10 676 .
5. ^ Journal Officiel de la République française du 5 November 1967, p. 10 878 .
6. ^ Journal Officiel de la République française du 18 novembre 1970, p. 10 609 ( Memento of the original dated December 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
7. ↑ Journal Officiel de la République Française du 11 December 1992, p. 16 900 .
8. ^ Journal Officiel de la République française du 26 juillet 2000, p. 11 501 .