Mézy – Romilly-sur-Seine railway line

Mézy – Romilly-sur-Seine
The route begins in Mézy on the Paris – Strasbourg line (to the left).
Route number (SNCF) :	004 000
Course book route (SNCF) :	22 2
Route length:	78.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	12  ‰
Dual track :	No
Legend Paris – Strasbourg railway from Paris-Est 0.0 Mézy 66 m 0.1 Railway line Paris – Strasbourg to Strasbourg 2.1 Crézancy 68 m ~ 4.4 Connigis-Saint-Eugène 76 m 8.1 Condé-en-Brie 83 m Dhuis 14.4 Pargny-la-Dhuys 146 m ~ 17.1 Dhuis Gorge (17 m) 18.1 Artonges 165 m 20.8 Villemoyenne 196 m 21.5 Aisne / Marne Railway line La-Ferté-sous-Jouarre – Montmirail ( CFD ) 25.7 Montmirail 162 m 28.4 Petit Morin (8 m) 32.9 Bergères-sous-Montmirail 186 m Railway line Épernay – Montmirail ( CBR ) 35.8 Le Gault 195 m Gretz-Armainvilliers – Sézanne railway from Gretz-Armainvilliers 45.3 Esternay 159 m Railway line Gretz-Armainvilliers – Sézanne to Sézanne Grand Morin Seu 54.5 Les Essarts-La Forestière 58.5 Nesle-la-Reposte 144 m 62.7 Villenauxe Le Plessis Barbuise Périgny-la-Rose 72.6 Lurey Conflans His (destroyed); Marne / Aube Canal de Dérivation de Bernières à Conflans (destroyed) 77.1 Paris – Mulhouse railway line from Paris-Est 78.7 Romilly-sur-Seine 78 m Paris – Mulhouse line to Mulhouse-Ville Railway line Oiry-Mareuil – Romilly-sur-Seine to Oiry

The railway line Mézy – Romilly-sur-Seine is a single-track , non-electrified railway line in France . It was the westernmost of the many connecting routes between the northern Paris – Strasbourg railway and the southern Paris – Mulhouse railway and at the same time a north-south connection between the Marne - and the Aube - or Seine valley , both of which are navigable . Today a large part of the route has been de-dedicated , the remainder at least without passenger traffic. Passenger trains always went beyond Mézy to Château-Thierry , because Mézy only had one platform on this route, but not on the branch in the direction of Strasbourg. This line was designed and licensed together with the Château-Thierry – Oulchy-Breny railway , which was based on a continuous connection from La Ferté-Milon to Sézanne .

history

station	closure		Desedication
	passenger traffic	Freight transport
Mézy
	04.10.1953
Montmirail
	04.10.1953	03/11/1969	October 29, 1970
Esternay
	05/05/1939	04/01/1991
Villenauxe
	05/05/1939	03/11/1969
Lurey Conflans
	05/05/1939	June 1940	October 19, 1967
Romilly-sur-Seine

With a law of December 31, 1875, the Chemin de fer de l'Est was granted the concession for the construction and operation of this railway line. The entire opening took place on October 25, 1884.

The starting point of the trains was the centrally located Esternay , from which two pairs of trains ran daily. The line was closed in different sections because both the passenger and the freight volume did not justify continued operation of the line. Today the remaining part of the route is only operated in freight traffic. The route is secured manually with a security person accompanying the train.

The Mézy – Artonges section is operated by SNCF Réseau and is used to transport grain from a silo in Artonges. The following section Artonges – Montmirail served since the 1990s almost exclusively to connect the rail vehicle workshop of the Compagnie des Chemin de Fer Départementaux (CFD) and since 2000 the Voies Ferrées Locales et Industrielles (VFLI) in Montmirail. In 2007 the Réseau ferré de France (RFF), predecessor of SNCF Reseau, closed this section of the route. On February 7, 2013, the blocked section was converted into an Installation Terminale Embranchée (ITE), a kind of connecting railway, and repaired from May to October 2013.

Since 2011, the private association TFBCO (Tourisme Ferroviaire de la Brie Champenoise à l'Omois) has been trying to use this last-mentioned section for tourist purposes. In addition to the repair of a railcar, the Montmirail station is to be bought by the SNCF for their operational purposes. In 2019, Sunday journeys on this section of the route can be expected from May to September.

Web links

• La ligne SNCF 22.2 ex EST en 1993 , view of the buildings along the route
• Baguenaude , Historical Photos of Esternay Station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SNCF Region de l'Est. Carnet de profils et schémas, 1962, page 84
2. ^ ^{A b} Bulletin des lois de la République française , No. 286 . No. 4906: Loi qui déclare d'utilité publique l'établissement de plusiers Chemins de fer et approuve la Convention passée avec la Compagnie de l'Est pour la concession desdits chemins de fer, page 1301
3. ↑ Train céréalier Ligne 22 2 on Youtube
4. ^ Mimi nous parle de la ligne de Montmirail. October 7, 2013, accessed April 14, 2019 . 
5. ↑ RFF -Séance du 7 février 2013: “DECISION DE FERMETURE de la section, comprise entre les PK 17,135 et 25,860, d'une longueur de 8,725 kilomètres, d'Artonges (Aisne) à Montmirail (Marne) de l'ancienne ligne n ° 004000 de Mézy-Moulins à Romilly-sur-Seine. "(As the basis for setting up the Terminale Embranchée (ITE) installation )
6. ^ Administration of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region (ed.): Régénération de lignes duréseau capillaire fret . August 13, 2015, p. 17 ( gouv.fr [PDF]).
7. ↑ La vie du rail , No. 3306, April 13, 2011, ISSN 0042-5478.
8. ↑ Circulation en 2019 , Association Tourisme Ferroviaire de la Brie Champenoise à l'Omois