Metz-Ville – Zoufftgen railway line

Metz-Ville - Zoufftgen
TER at the passage in Illange (near Diedenhofen)
Route number (SNCF) :	180,000
Route length:	55 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV - 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	160 km / h
Dual track :	Yes
Legend from Béning and Nancy 154.3 Metz-Ville 178 m to Bettelainville – Völklingen 154.9 Metz-Stadt bypass 155.1 Seille (22m) 156.8 Metz-Chambière 1943: Metz slaughterhouse 172 m 157.6 Moselle (165m) 157.8 A31 (46m) 158.5 Metz-Nord 1943: Metz-Nord 171 m 159.8 161.4 West bypass (Woippy) 160.2 Woippy 1943: Metz-Wappingen 169 m 164 Woippy parking station 165.5 A4 167.7 Maizières-lès-Metz 1943: Makers (b Metz) 168.7 Walygator Parc 1943 not listed 171.9 Hagondange 1943: Hagendingen 172.1 173.4 from and to Châlons-en-Champagne 174.4 Orne (58m) 175 Richemont 1943: Reichersberg (Westmark) 176.8 A30 177.1 181.2 Operating office 181.9 Uckange 1943: Ückingen from and to Mohon via Charleville-Mézières 187.2 A31 (35m) 187.3 Moselle, Viaduc de Thionville-Sud (170m) 188 Thionville 1943: Diedenhofen 155 m 188.2 to Trier and Bouzonville 189.2 Moselle, Viaduct Thionville-Nord (160m) 195 Hettange-Grande 1943: Großhettingen 184 m 195.3 after Entrange 201 Zoufftgen 1943: Suftgen 241 m 201.9 A31 203.8 0.0 France / Luxembourg border to Luxembourg (line 6)

The Metz-Ville – Zoufftgen railway is a French railway that connects France with Luxembourg. It runs almost in a north-south direction, is 55 kilometers long and was put into operation between 1854 and 1859. The line has been electrified since 1956. Both local trains and the TGV run on it . Even before the Second World War there was a sleeping car connection Munich - Strasbourg - Metz - Luxembourg - Calais .

At Thionville station , the Thionville – Trier line branches off in the direction of Germany, which has only recently been used continuously again (only on Sundays and public holidays).

history

The Wilhelm-Luxemburg-Bahn -Gesellschaft (GL) became the concessionaire for the line after the State Treaty between France and Luxembourg , signed on June 10, 1857, issued the operation of an international railway line. The section between Metz and Thionville went into operation on September 16, 1854, the remaining section with border crossing not until five years later.

business

Trains run at least every hour ( tactless ) between the two countries. In France, passenger transport is carried out by TER Lorraine , which operates this route under route number 1, and in Luxembourg by CFL , which calls the route 90 . The pace is tighter within the two countries.

literature

• Ed Federmeyer: Railways in Luxemburg, Verlag Eisenbahn-Kurier 1984, ISBN 3 88255 400 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexandre de Clerqc, Plenipotentiary of the Foreign Minister: Recueil Traités de la France, Volume 7, 1856-1859, p. 275  ( 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.  
2. ↑ Section 1 (PDF; 226 kB)
3. ↑ Route 90 ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Route 80 ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , other connections: route overview ( memento of the original from July 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.