Courtemaîche – Bure railway

Courtemaîche – Bure

Route length:

4.7 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

15 kV 16.7 Hz ~

Maximum slope :

45 ‰

Legend

	SBB routes to Porrentruy
0.0	Courtemaîche	397 m
	SBB Delémont – Delle route
	Courtemaîche Bridge (230 m)
	Fontelas tunnel (190 m)
4.7	Bure	470 m

The Courtemaîche – Bure railway connects the Bure weapons yard with Courtemaîche station on the Delémont – Delle railway line . The 4.7 kilometer long route belongs to the Swiss Confederation and not the SBB , because the route was built on behalf of the military department . It opened on March 19, 1968. The line has been electrified at 15 kV / 16.7 Hz since it opened. Since the route has a gradient of 45 ‰, special steep section regulations apply. The route is only used by commodity trains, which usually run by SBB. The route is legally considered a siding and therefore there is no network access. There has never been scheduled passenger traffic on this route; this is also not legally permitted on a siding.

As part of the Tour de France 2012 with a stage finish in Porrentruy , the gun area was used as a parking lot. In order to cope with the crowd, shuttle trains ran between Bure and Porrentruy that day . For this purpose the RABe 521 022 and the RABe 521 027 "Gilberte de Courgenay" were used in double traction. Prior to this, acceptance drives had to be carried out in order to receive a temporary permit from the BAV. On these acceptance runs, RABe 521 and RABe 522 were used in mixed double traction. The permit was granted subject to conditions, for example a second man was required in the driver's cab when entering the Courtemaîche station due to the missing ZUB .

literature

Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network / Réseau ferré suisse. AS Verlag, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-905111-21-7
Individual evidence:

↑ Art. 1, para. 2 of the Railway Act (EBG) requires that routes on which licensed passenger traffic is handled are subject to the Railway Act and therefore require a license
↑ Flirt shuttle trains to Bure . In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 7/2012, Minirex AG, Lucerne 2012, ISSN 1022-7113

[1] Art. 1, para. 2 of the Railway Act (EBG) requires that routes on which licensed passenger traffic is handled are subject to the Railway Act and therefore require a license

[ser_201207-2] Flirt shuttle trains to Bure . In: Swiss Railway Review . No. 7/2012, Minirex AG, Lucerne 2012, ISSN 1022-7113