Cravant-Bazarnes – Dracy-Saint-Loup railway line

Cravant-Bazarnes-Dracy-Saint-Loup
Cure bridge near Saint-Moré, 2018
Route number (SNCF) :	755,000
Course book route (SNCF) :	72/73 ( PO ) / ( SNCF )
Route length:	116.6 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	15  ‰
Legend Laroche-Migennes – Cosne Laroche-Migennes railway line 191.4 Cravant Bazarnes 122 m 191.7 Yonne (66 m) Railway line Laroche-Migennes-Cosne to Cosne 195.9 Accolay 125 m 196.9 Cure (55 m) 197.4 Vermenton 119 m ~ 199.8 D 606 (formerly N 6 ) 201.2 Lucy-sur-Cure-Bessy 129 m 204.8 Arcy-sur-Cure 129 m 205.1 Cure (78 m) ~ 205.7 D 906 (formerly N 6) 206.1 Cure (75 m) 206.4 Tunnel de Saint-Moré (208 m) 206.6 Cure (7 5m) 207.7 Saint-Moré 128 m 208.4 Cure (84 m) 209.6 Voutenay-sur-Cure 133 m 214.2 Sermizelles-Vezelay 137 m ~ 218.2 D 906 (formerly N 6) 218.7 Vault-de-Lugny 163 m 222.8 Annay-la-Cote 195 m ~ 224.1 D 944 (formerly N 444 ) 224.7 Vassy-Étaule ~ 220 m 225.8 Étaule-Bourg 225 m ~ 226.7 D 944 (formerly N 444) ~ 227.8 D 944 (formerly N 444) 228.7 Avallon 254 m Avallon – Nuits-sous-Ravières n. Nuits-s-Ravières railway line 232.7 Sauvigny-le-Bois 270 m 237.8 Maison-Dieu 269 ​​m 237.8 Maison-Dieu – Laumes-Alésia line to Les Laumes-Alésia 239.9 Brécy 284 m 239.9 Saint-André-en-Terre-Plaine 311 m ~ 245.7 Yonne / Côte-d'Or department 249.7 Sincey-lès-Rouvray 373 m ~ 251.7 D 906 (formerly N 6) ~ 256.5 Quarry 256.8 La Roche-en-Brenil 416 m ~ 257.7 D 906 (formerly N 6) 262.0 Molphey 483 m 265.8 Saint-Didier (Côte-d'Or) 537 m ~ 270.1 D 980 (formerly N 80 ) SE from Semur en Auxois SE from Corbigny 270.9 Saulieu 514 m SE to Beaune ~ 271.6 D 906 (formerly N 6) 276.7 Saint-Martin-de-la-Mer 516 m 279.7 Liernais 530 m 284.6 Brazey-en-Morvan 501 m 291.5 Manlay 431 m ~ 296.5 Côte-d'Or / Saône-et-Loire department 298.3 Barnay 346 m ~ 301.8 D 681 (formerly N 494 ) 302.6 Cordesse-Igornay 317 m 304.6 Arroux (55 m) 307.6 22.4 Étang – Santenay railway from Santenay-les-Bains 22.0 Dracy-Saint-Loup 300 m Railway line Étang – Santenay to Étang-sur-Arroux

The railway line Cravant-Bazarnes-Dracy-Saint-Loup is a north-south-directed, 116 km long, single-track railway line of the SNCF in France . It is largely shut down today; only the northernmost, 19 km long section to Avallon is from the Laroche-Migennes-Cosne railway , which has a connection to both the Paris – Marseille railway in the north and the Les Aubrais-Orléans – Montauban-Ville-Bourbon railway in the east , served.

history

Annay-la-Côte, first half of the 20th century.

The initiative for the construction came from the Chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO), which was flourishing at the time and operated or planned numerous other routes all around. The concession agreement for the northern part up to Maison-Dieu in the municipality of Guillon (Yonne) with the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade and Public Works was signed on May 1, 1863, approved on June 11 and also provided for passenger traffic on September 2 . Maison-Dieu was the separation station for the Maison-Dieu aux Laumes-Alésia railway line , which was also licensed at the same time. The opening of this section took place on two dates. On October 20, 1873, the section to Avallon went into operation, almost three years later, on July 19, 1876, the second section.

The southern part of Maison-Dieu and Dracy-Saint-Loup was applied for and licensed only 12 years later. The opening took place on August 23, 1882.

With the commissioning of the LGV Sud-Est in the winter of 1994/95, the railway line was exposed to stiff competition, allowing these travelers a much faster connection to Paris or Marseille . Your Creusot TGV stop is only a few kilometers away and can be reached by shuttle buses to the district capital Autun . The frequency was reduced accordingly. Avallon-Autun now only had one direct daily trip to Paris. Apparently this was also intended by the SNCF , as TGV and Autocar connections were preferred in the timetable information system .

On October 10, 2011, passenger traffic between Avallon and Dracy-Saint-Loup was suspended. Before the LGV line went into operation, a total of millions of passengers drove to Paris; in 2008 only two pairs of trains ran this section, and in the end there were still 50 people a day. A local railway operator was supposed to ensure traffic safety for the few, mainly wood transports from the La Roche-en-Brenil plant that continued to take place, but nobody was willing to do so and the traffic was stopped and the safety devices such as railway barriers dismantled. A resumption of operations is unlikely, especially since a combined foot and cycle path has been set up on the former railway line Étang – Santenay , which is to be extended to Étang-sur-Arroux.

According to a draft planning contract between the state and SNCF, this railway line is one of three lines that are used exclusively by TER Bourgogne because there are no freighters. Thereafter, there is mainly traffic between Autun and Paris and less in the region with the exception of the canton capital Saulieu . The level of coverage of less than 25% suggests switching passenger transport to road. The existence of this remainder of the route is by no means certain.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carnet de profils et schémas. SNCF. Région du sud-est, 1959, sheet 72/73
2. ↑ Décret impérial qui approuvé la convention passée, le 1er mai 1863, entre le ministre de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux Publics et la Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée . In: Bulletin des lois de l'Empire Français. Paris July 1863, pp. 159–166
3. ↑ Décret impérial qui Declare d'utilité publique l'exécution d'un chemin de fer d'Avallon aux lignes d'Auxerre à Nevers et de Paris à Dijon . In: Bulletin des lois de la République française. Paris July 1863, pages 399-400
4. ^ ^{A b} Pierre-Henri Émangard, Bernard Collardey et Pierre Zembri: Des omnibus aux TER (1949-2002) . In: La Vie du Rail , Paris 2002, ISBN 2-902 808-83-6 , pages 328-331 and 360-361.
5. ↑ La ligne ferroviaire Autun - Avallon fermée aux voyageurs fin 2011 for être réservée au fret. Gensdu Morvan, web archive , May 21, 2011
6. ^ Ligne de Cravant-Bazarnes à Dracy-Saint-Loup . On: Histoire de lignes oubliées. 19th October 2019

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