Fère-Champenoise – Vitry-le-François railway line

Fère-Champenoise-Vitry-le-François
Former route between Huiron and the Tunnel de Glannes .
Route number (SNCF) :	007 000
Route length:	50.5 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend Railway line Oiry-Mareuil – Romilly-sur-Seine from Romilly / S. 0.0 Fère-Champenoise 141 m 0.8 Railway line Oiry-Mareuil – Romilly-sur-Seine n. Épernay 9.9 Lenharrée 155 m 16.4 Coolus – Sens railway line from Châlons-en-Champagne 17.6 Sommesous 168 m 18.6 Railway line Coolus-Sens to Troyes 20.0 A 26 ~ 20.5 Marne / Aube border 24.9 Poivres ~ 25 Aube / Marne border 33.6 Sompuis 169 m 39.5 Tunnel de Glannes (701 m) 46.2 Huiron 112 m 47.1 +47.9 Vallentigny – Vitry-le-François railway from Troyes 49.8 Marne (100 m) Paris – Strasbourg railway from Paris-Est 50.5 Vitry-le-François 104 m Railway line Paris – Strasbourg to Strasbourg

The Fère-Champenoise – Vitry-le-François railway is a French railway line east of Paris. It established an alternative west-east connection between Paris-Est - Gretz-Armainvilliers - Sézanne - Fère-Champenoise and the Paris-Strasbourg railway at Châlons-sur-Marne .

history

The line was built as part of the Frecyinet plan under number 23 and mainly served military needs. On February 12, 1880, the route was declared charitable, i.e. of public interest. The Minister of Public Works and the Chemin de fer de l'Est (CE) railway company signed the concession agreement on June 11, 1883, which guaranteed this public interest. Half a year later, on November 20th, this was confirmed by law. This 50 km long route opened on November 6, 1885.

Together with other routes in this region, shortly after the takeover by the national railway company Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), this route was closed to passenger traffic on May 5, 1938. In the 1970s, the first sections were dismantled after freight traffic had also ceased. Until December 2017, only the short section to Lenharrée was not outclassed.

In an accident on October 15, 1925, a passenger train coming from Sommesous derailed 800 m from Fère-Champenoise station. The train driver was killed, his colleague and two travelers were injured. In mid-July / beginning of August 1944, fighting broke out near Fère while German troops were withdrawing and the railway systems and rolling stock were damaged. There was also personal injury.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfred Picard : Les chemins de fer français: étude historique sur la constitution et le régime du réseau. Volume 3, Paris 1884, page 687.
2. ^ Bulletin des lois de la République française . Paris, January 1884, pages 345-352.
3. ^ Ligne de Fère-Champenoise à Vitry-le-François . Histoire de lignes-oubliees, June 17, 2012 (French)
4. ↑ Le Réseau ferré en France . Route map RFN , December 2017.
5. ↑ Les archives de l'association Mémoire Fertonne . Mémoire Fertonne 2018 (French)