Gretz-Armainvilliers – Sézanne railway line

Gretz-Armainvilliers-Sézanne
La Ferté-Gaucher station, buffer stop from Sézanne .
Route number (SNCF) :	002 000
Course book route (SNCF) :	21st
Route length:	93.4 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Gretz-Armainvilliers-Coulommiers : 25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	8  ‰
Dual track :	originally yes, today no
Legend Paris – Mulhouse railway line from Paris-Est 38.3 Gretz-Armainvilliers 109 m 38.4 Paris – Mulhouse line to Mulhouse 40.8 Tournan-en-Brie 102 m 43.3 LGV Interconnexion Est (Gl.-Dr. Coubert / Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy ) ~ 45.2 Adjacent railroad tracks ~ 48.8 Paris-Bastille-Marles-en-Brie railway from Verneuil-l'Étang 49 Marles-en-Brie 111 m 51.6 La Houssaye-Crèvecœur 115 m 55.9 Mortcerf 56.9 Viaduc de La Vallée (32m) 58.9 Dammartin-Tigeaux 101 m 61.2 Guérard-La Celle-sur-Morin 64.5 Faremoutiers pommeuse 90 m 66.1 Aubetin (106 m) 68.6 Mouroux 88 m 71.6 Coulommiers 72 m 74.9 Le Buisson de Chailly 77 m 77.2 Chailly-Boissy-le-Châtel 81 m 78.7 Chauffry 82 m ~ 82 Société des chemins de fer Economiques de Seine-et-Marne 82.2 Saint-Siméon 86 m to Sablonnières 84.5 Saint-Rémy-Moulin-du-Pont 96 m 88.6 Jouy-sur-Morin-Le Marais 110 m 91.0 La Ferté-Gaucher 91.2 End of the route 92.5 Grand Morin (14 m) 93.6 Saint-Martin-des-Champs 121 m Beginning of the trolley train 94.9 Lescherolles 121 m 97.8 Grand Morin (12 m) 99.1 La Chapelle-Véronge 130 m 101.1 Meilleray 133 m 101.6 Grand Morin (12 m) 102.6 Grand Morin (12 m); Seine-et-Marne / Marne 104.1 Villeneuve-la-Lionne 133 m 104.3 Grand Morin (12 m) 104.9 Grand Morin (12 m) 105.4 Grand Morin (12 m) 107.0 Joiselle 138 m 107.9 Grand Morin (12 m) 111.1 Neuvy 145 m 111.6 Grand Morin (12m) Longueville – Esternay railway from Provins 112.0 Junction Neuvy 112.8 Grand Morin (12 m) 113.3 Grand Morin (12 m) End of the trolley line Mézy – Romilly-sur-Seine railway from Château-Thierry 115.5 Esternay 159 m Railway line Mézy – Romilly-sur-Seine to Romilly / Seine Châtillon-sur-Morin 156 m 121.4 Bricot-la-Ville 156 m 124.0 Le Meix-Saint-Epoing 160 m 126.9 Tunnel de Vindey (540 m) 128.8 Le Plessis-Vindey 141 m 131.5 Railway line Oiry-Mareuil – Romilly-sur-Seine from Romilly / Seine 131.7 Sézanne 121 m Railway line Oiry-Mareuil – Romilly-sur-Seine to Oiry

The Gretz-Armainvilliers – Sézanne railway is a railway line in the two French departments of Seine-et-Marne and Marne . It runs roughly in an east-west direction. The middle section, around 24 km long, was closed in two steps in 1996 and 2000. While the eastern section is only used with goods today, the western section was electrified between 1973 and 1992 and is now part of the Transilien P Sud regional traffic (Paris Est – Coulommiers).

history

Guard house at the former Saint-Siméon train station

This 33 km long section to Coulommiers, which is still in operation today, was approved by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg on August 17, 1853 simultaneously with the Paris – Mulhouse railway line by imperial decree. The first 16 km to Mortcerf could be completed and put into operation on February 2, 1861, the section to Coulommiers on April 2, 1863.

The remainder of the route was part of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est network , but was not tackled until more than a decade later. Coming from the east ( Sézanne ), the line went to La Ferté-Gaucher on April 2, 1879, the gap to Coulommiers opened on August 14, 1881, so that there were 28 years between the first construction and operating concession and continuous rail operation. The whole line was designed for two tracks from the start , but was initially only designed as a single track and only expanded to double track with the connection to Sézanne.

Routing

The junction in Gretz-Armainvilliers from Paris is now an important link in the greater Paris area. Both through regional trains and TGV trains run on this double-lane route, which can join the inner-city routes at the Tournan-en-Brie junction . After that, the line is single-track today.

First of all, the topography does not pose any special requirements. Behind Coulommiers , the route meets the small river Grand Morin , which it then has to cross eleven times. As a result, many smaller engineering structures and a relatively winding route became necessary. The largest and most important factory connection (today Villeroy & Boch ) was in La Ferté-Gaucher .

In Saint-Siméon operated the Sablonnières – Nangis railway from 1903 to 1914, the small meter- gauge railway of the Société des chemins de fer Economiques de Seine-et-Marne .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SNCF Region de l'Est. Carnet de profils et schémas, 1962, page 87
2. ^ ^{A b} François and Maguy Palau: Le rail en France, Volume II, 1858–1863, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-950-94212-1
3. ↑ Situation de la gare de Saint-Siméon , track plan Le carnet du CFC . La gare de St Siméon (Seine-et-Marne)
4. ↑ Le carnet du CFC . History of the Société des chemins de fer Economiques de Seine-et-Marne (French)