Neufchâteau – Épinal railway line

Neufchâteau – Épinal
Regional train at Épinal station, May 2008
Route number (SNCF) :	030 000
Route length:	78 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	10  ‰
Dual track :	yes, single track today
Legend Original route start: Bologne Bologne – Pagny-sur-Meuse railway line Culmont-Chalindrey – Toul railway and Nançois-Tronville – Neufchâteau railway 48.2 Meuse (86m) 48.8 Neufchâteau 289m Bologne – Pagny-sur-Meuse railway line Culmont-Chalindrey – Toul railway line 50.5 Meuse (3 ×) (41 + 20 + 24m) 53.4 Rebeuville 291m 55.5 Meuse (52m) 56.3 Certilleux - Villars 303m 59.4 Landaville 318m 64.7 Aulnois - Bulgnéville 344m 70.5 Châtenois - Dolaincourt 316m 72.1 A31 72.4 Vair (12m) 76.7 Connection to OI Manufacturing France SA 77.2 Gironcourt - Houécourt 321m 77.8 End of the route 82.9 Totainville - Dombasle 339m 87.0 Rouvres - Baudricourt 308m 90.6 Domvallier 290m 93.6 Jarville-la-Malgrange – Mirecourt railway from Nancy 94.2 Mirecourt 290m 97.9 Hymont - Mattaincourt 278m 98.4 Merrey – Hymont-Mattaincourt to Merrey railway line Pillar 99.3 Merrey – Hymont-Mattaincourt railway line 99.4 Madon 100.5 Velotte-et-Tatignécourt 282m 102.2 Racécourt 293m 107.1 Dompaire 304m 111.4 Hennecourt 337m 113.2 Bocquegney 345m 119.2 Darnieulles - Uxegney 342m Jussey – Darnieulles-Uxegney railway line v / n. Jussey Blainville-Damelevières – Lure railway to Nancy 125.1 End of the route Blainville-Damelevières – Lure railway to Nancy 126.8 51.0 Epinal 341m Railway line Épinal – Bussang to Arches Blainville-Damelevières – Lure to Lure railway line

The Neufchâteau – Épinal railway was a 78-kilometer, double-track railway line in France , Département Vosges .

It connected Neufchâteau with Mirecourt and Épinal from 1878 . The line with the SNCF number 030 000 has been partially closed since 1989 . The line was a direct extension of the Bologne – Pagny-sur-Meuse railway line via Neufchâteau, which was completed in April 1873. The mileage continued from Neufchâteau.

history

This railway line is one of the first that the private transport company Chemin de fer de l'Est built after the lost Franco-German War . On June 17, 1873, the concession agreement between the Ministry of Transport and the company was concluded with the aim of establishing a public transport of goods and passengers between Bologne and Épinal. The entire route was opened in the summer of 1879.

Like many other routes in rural areas, the route fell victim to rationalization measures. Continuous passenger trains have stopped running since 1989.

In the meantime, large sections of the route have been dismantled and partly built over with roads. The 27-kilometer section between Neufchâteau and Gironcourt-sur-Vraine is still served because the glass manufacturer Owens-Illinois Manufacturing France SA, a company that is dependent on the railway connection, is based there. Three to five pairs of trains a week initially operated under the direction of Veolia Transport , now Transdev .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eugène Hermann: La Saga des Hermann. Self-published 2000, p. 33
2. ↑ N ° 2118 - "Loi qui déclare d'utilité publique l'établissement de nouvelles lignes de chemin de fer concédées à la Compagnie de l'Est, et approuve une convention passée avec cette compagnie: 17 June 1873" , Bulletin des lois de la République Française, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Series XII, Volume 6, No. 139, 1873, Pages 813–818 (French)
3. ^ "N ° 8252 - Loi qui autorise le ministre des Travaux publics à entreprendre l'exécution des travaux de superstructure de divers chemins de fer: 31 juillet 1979" , Bulletin des lois de la République Française, Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Series XII, Volume 19, No. 461, 1879, pages 109–110 (French)