L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois – Lods railway line

L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois-Lods
Lods station building on an old postcard
Route number (SNCF) :	873,000
Route length:	24.9 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Dual track :	No
Legend Besançon – Le Locle railway from Le Locle - Col-des-Roches 427,592 L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois (567 m) Besançon – Le Locle railway line to Besançon 431.5 Trépot (514 m) Tunnel de Plaisir-Fontaine (167 m) Viaduc sur la Brême (181 m) 439.1 Maizières Notre-Dame du Chêne 441.5 Ornans viaduct (30 m) Viaduc sur la Loue (38 m) 446.5 Montgesoye 449.3 Vuilla fans Tunnel de Merillot (186 m) Tunnel de Lods (163 m) 452.5 Lods (361 m)

The L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois-Lods railway was a single - track, standard - gauge railway line in the French Doubs department .

On May 16, 1885, rail operations were opened by the Compagnie Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM), a predecessor company of the French State Railways (SNCF).

Passenger traffic on the entire route ended on May 22, 1932 and in 1988 goods traffic between L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois and Ornans was discontinued. In Ornans, the Alstom factory was last supplied, which among other things produces electric motors for the French high-speed trains TGV .

In 1995 the line was dismantled.

A cycle path has been completed on the route since 2005. This crosses the river la Brême on the striking 181-meter-long stone arch bridge at Maisières-Notre-Dame .

Individual evidence

1. ^ L'Hôpital-du-Grosbois-Lods railway line on the PLM Wiki , accessed on October 1, 2015
2. ↑ [1] accessed on February 13, 2016
3. ^ Voie Verte de Ornans au plateau du Doubs , accessed October 1, 2015
4. ↑ Image and caption by J. Savary Le viaduc de Maizières Notre-Dame sur la Brême, 181 mètres et 13 arches, face au rocher de la Brême , accessed on October 1, 2015