Mâcon – Ambérieu railway line
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Bourg-en-Bresse train station, west wing, summer 2016
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Route number (SNCF) : | 883,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 68.3 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 1.5 kW = | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 8 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: | 140-160 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dual track : | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Mâcon – Ambérieu railway is a double-track , standard-gauge railway in France . It establishes a connection between the north-south direction running Paris – Marseille railway line and the east-west connection Geneva – Lyon . Near Mâcon near Pont-de-Veyle there is a connection to the high-speed line from Paris to Lyon (LGV Sud-Est). On the Mâcon – Ambérieu route, there are freight trains and regional trains operated by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , as well as TGV trains from Paris to destinations in the Savoy , as well as the Paris-Geneva connection operated by TGV Lyria .
history
The concession for the construction and operation of the line was granted on April 30, 1853 to the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Lyon à Genève (CLG), which was founded only a year earlier. In June 1857, the PLM took over the route, making it one of the company's oldest routes.
The opening of the line took place in three stages: on June 23, 1856 the southern section Bourg-en-Bresse - Ambérieu went into operation, on May 6 of the following year the line Bourg-en-Bresse to the east bank of the Saône and two and a half months later, on July 20, 1857, the bridge over the river to the Mâcon-Ville station. The route for the entire line was double-tracked from the start, but the second track was only built between May 1859 and December 1860. In the section Mâcon-Ville-Bourg-en-Bresse, the second track was removed in 1944 and reinstalled eleven years later. 1955 was also the year in which the line was electrified with 1.5 kV direct current .
business
The route is served by line 30 of the TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , whereby the two-power version of the AGC trains are used in single and double traction . Numerous TGV trains of all kinds operate on the route, mainly connecting Paris with Geneva, Annecy and Evian-les-Bains . In winter sports, the trains also run to Bourg-Saint-Maurice , Albertville and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains . There are also occasional Eurostar trains from London or Thalys trains from Amsterdam . The route is used by freight trains operated by SNCF and other railway companies .
Web links
- Ligne Mâcon - Ambérieu. In: fandom.com. Retrieved August 3, 2020 (French).
Individual evidence
- ↑ SNCF Region du Sud-Est. Carnet de profils et schémas , 1959. Sheet 100