Collonges-Fontaines – Lyon-Guillotière railway line

Collonges-Fontaines-Lyon-Guillotière
Viaduct at Collonges sur la Saône
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	1500  =
Dual track :	Collonges-Fontaines-Lyon-Guillotière
operator	Compagnie du chemin de fer de Lyon à Genève (1853–1857) PLM (1858–1937) SNCF (1938–1997) RFF (1997–2014) SNCF (since 2015)
Official number	893,000
owner	SNCF
operator	SNCF
Legend Paris – Marseille railway line from Paris Gare de Lyon 499.491 Collonges - Fontaines (175 m) 500.800 Les Grands-Violets (174 m) Paris – Marseille railway line to Lyon-Perrache Saone Tunnel de Caluire (2,404 m) Lyon-Saint-Clair-Bourg-en-Bresse railway from Bourg-en-Bresse Lyon – Genève railway from Genève 504.120 Lyon-Saint-Clair (177 m) Rhone (272 m) 506,593 Lyon-Brotteaux (173 m) 507.505 Lyon-Part-Dieu (171 m) Chemin de fer de l'Est de Lyon to Montalieu-Vercieu Paris – Marseille railway line from Paris Gare de Lyon 511,604 512,530 Lyon-Guillotière (174 m) Railway line Lyon – Marseille to Marseille-Saint-Charles Railway line Paris – Marseille to Marseille-Saint-Charles

The Collonges-Fontaines – Lyon-Guillotière railway is a short connection to the Paris – Marseille and Lyon – Genève lines . Trains from Dijon can thus reach Lyon-Part-Dieu station without having to take the detour via Lyon-Perrache station .

history

The section from Lyon-Guillotière to Lyon-Saint-Clair was approved in 1853 and built in 1859 by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Lyon à Genève. This happened in connection with the construction of the Lyon – Genève railway and its connection to the Paris – Marseille railway line .

The Collonges-Fontaines-Lyon-Saint-Clair section was signed by the Ministre des Travaux publics and the Society on May 26, 1883, with reservations for the PLM . The agreement became law on November 20th.

With the decree of April 24, 1884, the route was declared important for public transport, thus confirming the concession.

Route

There is a 2,404 km long tunnel on the route, the Caluire Railway Tunnel .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Confirmation of the agreement in legal form: Bulletin des Lois de la République française, N ° 834 .
2. ↑ Publication N ° 14596 in http://gallica.bnf.fr/

Web links

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