Le Palais – Eygurande-Merlines railway line

Le Palais-Eygurande-Merlines
Autorail X2800 in Saint Léonard de Noblat train station, direction Le Palais, 2003
Route number (SNCF) :	713,000
Route length:	122 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Legend Railway line Les Aubrais-Orléans-Montauban-Ville-Bourbon v. Limoges 393.0 392.6 Le Palais 298 m Railway line Les Aubrais-Orléans-Montauban-Ville-Bourbon to Paris-Austerlitz 394.1 Bournazeau Tunnel (108 m) 397.6 Viaduc du Taurion (190 m) 397.9 Saint-Priest-Taurion 254 m 398.1 Viaduc (56 m) 402.4 Brignac 252 m 407.1 Viaduc de Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (406 m) 407.5 Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 292 m ~ 407.8 D 941 (formerly N 141 ) 410.9 Farebout 275 m 413.2 Maulde (23 m) 415.1 Saint-Denis-des-Murs 275 m 416.6 Tunnel de Bois-Vert (210 m) 418.1 Vienne (5 ×) 424.7 Châteauneuf-Bujaleuf 320 m 426.7 Tunnel de La Penelle (165 m) 427.0 Vienne (124 m) 428.2 Tunnel de La Varache (213 m) 428.5 Viaduc de la Varache (Vienne, 125 m) 428.9 Bussy-Varache 334 m 429.8 Petit viaduc de la Varache (Vienne, 113 m) 429.9 Tunnel de Rivière (155 m) 430.1 Viaduc (50 m) 430.9 Viaduc des 24 piles (305 m) 431.6 Tunnel de Farsac (285 m) 432.3 Tunnel de Couegnas (157 m) 432.5 Pont du Mingonnat (Vienne, 17 m) 432.5 Tunnel de Fougéolle (90 m) 433.6 Tunnel de Toulondit and D 940 (formerly N 140 ), (90 m) 433.7 Vienne (27 m) 433.9 Eymoutiers-Vassivière 406 m 434.2 Vienne (4 ×) 438.7 Ribière (84 m) 442.1 Plain-like 535 m ~ 444, 0 Haute-Vienne / Corrèze department 444.7 Tunnel (30 m) 445.2 Viaduc (148 m) ~ 448.0 D 940 ~ 448.9 D 940 449.0 Lacelle 656 m 455.2 Viam 695 m 457.1 Gare bois 458.2 Vézère (56 m) 458.6 Bugeat 682 m ~ 458.7 D 979 (formerly N 679 ) 463.7 Pérols 760 m 468.3 Barsanges 815 m Tunnel de La Saulière (repealed, 86 m) 473.2 Ambrugeat 790 m 473.6 Beynat tunnel (252 m) 474.4 Tunnel de Puy-Richard (871 m) 477.6 Viaduc des Farges (206 m) 480.2 Jassonneix 694 m ~ 480.2 D 979 Tulle – Meymac railway from Tulle 483.3 Meymac 702 m 489.7 Alleyrat-Chaveroche 701 m 494.4 Diège (54 m) 495.1 Tunnel de Loche and D 982 (formerly N 682 ), (185 m) Busseau-sur-Creuse – Ussel railway from Busseau-sur-Creuse 496.3 Sarsonne (58 m) 496.6 Ussel 631 m Ussel – Bort-les-Orgues railway line (work stopped in 1955) 508.0 Aix-la Marsalouse 769 m 514.7 420.7 Eygurande merlines 714 m Bourges – Miécaze railway to Montluçon Bourges – Miécaze railway to Miécaze Eygurande-Merlines – Clermont-Ferrand to Clermont-F railway line . nd

The Le Palais – Eygurande-Merlines railway is a single-track , non-electrified railway line in central France . It is a branch line of the Orléans – Montauban connection and leads from it near Limoges in a south-easterly direction into the Vienne valley . From Ussel , the route is no longer operated by passengers.

history

Entry Intercity 4492 with BB67432 in Eygurande-Merlines, June 2014.

The oldest section of this route is between Meymac and Eygurande - Merlines , which is part of the Tulle - Clermont-Ferrand highway . As early as June 19, 1868, this destination was declared “important for the public interest” by decree. The construction and operation of the line was passed by law of August 3, 1872 to a concession company made up of private individuals, who raised a capital of 23 million francs and merged to form the Compagnie de Clermont à Tulle (CCT). The CCT bought the route designated by this from the state and began construction. Due to financial difficulties, the CCT was unable to complete the work, and it was the State Railway Administration that completed the route from 1877 onwards, only to open it for use on June 6, 1881. The Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) was a new prospect for the route, thus completing its route network in this area. The purchase was completed in the summer of 1883 and approved by law.

At this point the first (oldest) section was already open, namely on September 19, 1880. It was followed by Le Palais to Eymoutiers on December 31, 1880, Ussel – Eygurande-Merlines on June 6, 1881 and Eymoutiers – Meymac on October 8 1883.

On July 6, 2014, the section between Eygurande-Merlines and Laqueuille was closed . Because the trains from Clermont-Ferrand were tied through to Ussel, the 18 km long section from Ussel was also affected. According to the infrastructure operator Réseau ferré de France (RFF), no safety guarantee can be given for this section. 21,000 sleepers would have to be replaced. The 7 million euros required for this would have to be shared between the state, the Limousin region and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , but the Auvergne would not be interested in it. Since then there has been replacement rail traffic and the line is no longer maintained. Nature reclaims its territory.

Web links

Commons : Le Palais – Eygurande-Merlines railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret impérial qui déclare d'utilité publique l'établissement d'un chemin de fer de Tulle à Clermont-Ferrand avec embranchement d'Eygurande sur Vendes , June 19, 1868. In: Bulletin des lois de l'Empire Français , edition XI , Volume 32, No. 1628, Pages 325-326, Paris 1868
2. ↑ Charles of Cognets: De la toile aux chemins de fer: L'extension nationale d'une entreprise bretonne au XIXe siècle. Presses universitaires de Rennes 2015, ISBN 978-27535-2956-4 , page 308
3. ↑ Loi qui approuve ladjudication du Chemin de fer de Clermont-Ferrand à Tulle, avec emvranchement sur Vendes. In: Bulletin des Lois de la République Française . Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1872, pp. 213-233
4. ↑ Loi qui approuve la convention passée, le 28 juin 1883, entre le ministre des Travaux publics, et la Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Orléans , 20 November 1883. In: Bulletin des lois de la République Française , issue XII, volume 28, No. 834, Paris 1884, pp. 352-359
5. ↑ Ussel n'est plus demandé à Laqueuille . Ferro-Lyon, July 6, 2014