Frouard – Novéant railway line

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Frouard – Novéant
Novéant-sur-Moselle train station
Route number (SNCF) :	90,000
Route length:	33.2 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	5  ‰
Minimum radius :	600 m
Top speed:	125-150 km / h
Dual track :	Yes
Legend Paris – Strasbourg railway line from Strasbourg 344.3 Frouard 196 m 344.0 Canal de la Marne au Rhin (13m) 344.0 Paris – Strasbourg railway line to Paris 344.1 Moselle (128m) 344.8 Pompey 196 m Pompey – Nomeny railway line after Nomeny 348.8 Marbache 349.3 +351.1 A31 (2 ×) 351.6 Belleville 189 m 355.4 Dieulouard 186 m 362.1 Pont-à-Mousson 182 m 368.1 Vandières 180 m LGV Est européenne 371.9 Pagny-sur-Moselle 181 m Longuyon – Pagny-sur-Moselle railway line from Lérouville 374.8 Rupt de Mad (6 m) 375.5 Border of the departments of Meurthe-et-Moselle / Moselle 376.5 338.9 Lérouville – Metz railway line from Longuyon 339.6 Novéant 175 m Lérouville – Metz railway line to Metz

Signal box at Novéant station

The Frouard – Novéant railway is a double-track, electrified north-south section between the east-west main line Paris – Strasbourg in the south and the Lérouville – Metz railway coming from the west . It runs through the industrial center around Pont-à-Mousson on the western bank of the Moselle .

history

This railway line is one of the earliest to be built during this period. Historically, this section with the extension to Metz was a branch line of the important, southern Paris – Strasbourg line and was approved for construction with it in 1845. The applicant was the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg , better known under its later name Chemin de Fer de l'Est . The law required for this was approved on July 19, 1845, and the concession to build and operate it was granted on November 25, 1845. As early as July 10, 1850, the line, including its continuation to Nancy, was inaugurated to the public. It was the first standard gauge line in France that was available to the general public.

In 1959/60, the line was electrified in stages. It is supplied with direct current 25 kV, 50 Hz from the feed at the train station in Vandières.

Route description

Over its 33 kilometers, the route overcomes an altitude difference of 20 meters, so it has an extremely flat profile. The topography to be overcome does not represent any high demands either: the only slightly meandering Moselle and the Moselle side canal , which was created later in the course of the Moselle canalization , indicate that the parallel railway line also had to work with less tight curve radii. Except for the crossing of the Moselle, there are no significant bridges and no tunnels. The alignment was correspondingly easy to implement.

This traffic route is still an important north-south connection today. All regional connections between Metz and Nancy as well as individual trains for the destination Luxembourg-Dijon run through it. They also handle a lot of freight traffic. It is part of the European Corridor (ERTMS Corridor) C Antwerp - Basel and should be equipped with ETCS Level 1 by 2018 .

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