Lison – Lamballe railway line

Lison-Lamballe
Viaduc de la Soulles at Coutance
Route map
Route number (SNCF) :	415,000
Course book route (SNCF) :	327 (Lison - Dol-de-Bretagne)
Route length:	205.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Lison – Saint-Lô and Lamballe – km 201: 25 kV, 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	15  ‰
Top speed:	140 km / h
Dual track :	Dol-de-Bretagne-Avranches
Legend Mantes-la-Jolie – Cherbourg route from Mantes-la-Jolie 295.2 0.0 Lison 7  m Mantes-la-Jolie – Cherbourg to Cherbourg route 2.9 Airel 10  m 7.1 La Meauffe 12  m 10.4 Pont-Hébert 11  m 17.0 Viaduc de la Vire (45 m) 18.5 Saint-Lô 14  m 18.7 Route Saint-Lô – Guilberville to Guilberville 23.0 Joigne (12 m) 23.4 Joigne (12 m) 23.6 Joigne (12 m) 23.8 Joigne (12 m) 26.2 Canisy 62  m 31.0 Terrette (10 m) 31.8 Carantilly - Marigny 92  m 34.6 Cametours 111  m 39.8 Belval 130  m 47.6 Coutances – Sottevast route from Sottevast 48.0 Coutances 49  m 48.8 Viaduc de la Soulles (72 m) 54.1 Orval-Hyenville – Regnéville route from Regnéville 54.8 Orval sur Sienne - Hyenville 15  m 57.7 Quettreville-sur-Sienne 19  m 63.2 Sienne (10 m) 63.8 Cerences 26  m 69.9 Hudimesnil 93  m Argentan – Granville route from / to Granville 75.3 Folligny 126  m 76.8 Route Argentan – Granville to Argentan 79.7 Thar (4 m) 80.1 La Haye-Pesnel - La Lucerne-d'Outremer 90  m 86.4 Montviron - Sartilly 91  m 93.4 Lake (22 m) 93.9 Avranches 11  m 100.1 Pontaubault 15  m 100.3 Route Domfront – Pontaubault to Domfront 100.9 Viaduc de la Sélune (134 m) 108.0 Servon - Tanis 13  m 115.8 Pontorson - Mont-Saint-Michel 19  m Route Vitré – Pontorson to Vitré Route Pontorson – Mont-Saint-Michel to Mont-St-Michel 116.7 Viaduc du Couesnon (41 m) 121.1 Pleine-Fougères 35  m 128.6 La Boussac 36  m 136.8 Rennes – Saint-Malo route from Saint-Malo 137.5 Dol-de-Bretagne 21  m 138.3 Rennes – Saint-Malo route to Rennes 142.3 Roz-Landrieux 145.8 Plerguer 22  m 150.2 Miniac – La Gouesnière-Cancale route from La Gouesnière 150.6 Miniac 24  m 155.9 Pleudihen 33  m 158.9 Viaduc de Lessart ( Rance ; 101 m) 159.6 La Hisse 42  m 164.2 Dinan – Dinard-Saint-Enogat line from Dinard 164.3 Viaduc de la Fontaine-des-Eaux 165.9 Dinan 76  m La Brohinière – Dinan to La Brohinière 174.5 Corseul - Languenan 123  m 181.0 Montafilan (6 m) 183.1 Plancoët 8  m 183.6 Arguenon (13 m) 191.5 Landébia 59  m 197.4 Quintenic - Plédéliac 102  m 200.3 Start of overhead line connection Paris – Brest route from Paris-Nord 206.2 454.3 Lamballe 56  m Paris – Brest line to Brest

The Lison – Lamballe railway is a French railway that connects Lison with Lamballe . It is 206 km long and was opened gradually from 1860 to 1879. It runs in a north-south direction through Basse-Normandie , and then in a more westerly direction through the north-west of Brittany .

Route

Caen – Rennes railway line

The railway line is winding. It runs largely parallel to the coast, but there are gradients of up to 15 ‰ (at Coutances and Folligny ).

The line leaves Lison station ( 7  m ) in a westerly direction, then turns south in a left curve. As far as Saint-Lô ( 14  m ) it follows the river Vire , which it crosses at km 17. From there it heads west towards Coutances ( 49  m ), at Belval it reaches its apex ( 131  m ). From there the route faces south and reaches Folligny ( 126  m ). There it crosses the Argentan – Granville route . After the railway line has crossed Avranches ( 11  m ), it crosses the river Sélune and leads in a south-westerly direction towards Dol-de-Bretagne ( 21  m ). This is where the Rennes – Saint-Malo line is crossed. From there it goes winding in a westerly direction to Dinan ( 76  m ) and finally Lamballe ( 56  m ).

history

There were three options for the construction of the Mantes-la-Jolie – Cherbourg railway line . One of them should go through Saint-Lô. In the end, the variant was built via Lison . It was decided to build a branch from Lison to Saint-Lô. The route, approved by decree of April 7, 1855, was entrusted to the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest . After work on the Caen – Cherbourg line began on July 17, 1858, construction of the branch to Saint-Lô began. In April 1859, the earthworks were in full swing, and at the end of 1859 the line could be completed. Due to a storm in the winter of 1859/1860, some dams and engineering structures had to be repaired.

On April 6, 1860, a first inspection train checked the entire route. When it went into operation on May 1, 1860, the Airel and Pont-Hébert stations were ready, the La Meauffe station was only operational a few days later.

On December 30, 1878, the Saint-Lô – Coutances and Avranches – Dol-de-Bretagne lines opened, and the Coutances – Avranches and Dol-de-Bretagne – Lamballe lines opened on December 29, 1879.

Infrastructure

The line is double-tracked between Dol-de-Bretagne and Avranches. There are crossroads in Saint-Lô, Coutances, Folligny, Dinan and Plancoët . The Lison – Saint-Lô and Folligny – Avranches sections, which were originally double-tracked, were rebuilt onto one track in 1960 and 1982, respectively.

The line between Lison and Saint-Lô has been electrified since the beginning of 2006. It is planned to further electrify the line.

Train stations

The following stations are now served by passenger trains: Lison , Pont-Hébert , Saint-Lô , Carantilly-Marigny , Coutances , Folligny , Avranches , Pontorson-Mont-Saint-Michel , Dol-de-Bretagne , Plerguer , Miniac , Pleudihen , La Hisse , Dinan , Corseul-Languenan , Plancoët , Landébia and Lamballe .

future

On the double-track section from Dol-de-Bretagne to Avranches, a track was renovated from January to May 2014. By 2017 this section is to be equipped with a new signaling system and to be dismantled onto a track.

literature

• François et Maguy Palau, Le rail en France: Le second Empire (1858 - 1863) , Volume 2, F. et M. Palau, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-950-94212-1 , p. 95

Web links

Commons : Lison – Lamballe railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Gérard Blier: Nouvelle Géographie ferroviaire de la France, Tome 2: L'organization régionale du trafic . Editions La Vie du Rail, 1993, p. 371 .
2. ^ Victor Bois: Les chemins de fer français . Ed .: Hachette. Google Books , Paris 1853, pp. 22 (French).
3. ↑ Les Chemins de fer de l'Ouest. I La Normandie (En ce temps là ... ..la vapeur! ..) . Ed. Rimage, Paris 1980 (French).
4. ^ ^{A b} François et Maguy Palau, Le rail en France: Le second Empire (1858 - 1863), Volume 2, F. et M. Palau, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-950-94212-1 , p. 95
5. ↑ La Manche libre , 150 ans d'histoire ferroviaire entre Saint-Lô et Lison, article du 6 November 2010 .
6. ↑ Michel Harouy, Le Val de Saire au temps du Tue-Vâques , éditions Cheminements, 2004, ISBN 9782844782663 , p. 185
7. ↑ Travaux de renouvellement sur la section Dol-de-Bretagne - Avranches  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on rff.fr, accessed June 22, 2014  
8. ↑ Modernization de l'axe Caen-Rennes on rff.fr, accessed on June 22, 2014