Orléans – Montargis railway line

Orléans – Montargis
Route number (SNCF) :	686,000
Route length:	76 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Dual track :	1880 – early 1950s
Legend 121.0 Orleans 117 m Orléans – Gien rail line and Orléans – Montauban-VB rail line from / to Gien and Montauban-VB Paris – Bordeaux railway and Chartres – Orléans railway from / to Bordeaux-St-J. and Chartres Aubrais track harp 118.9 Les Aubrais 118 m 117.8 Paris – Bordeaux railway line Orléans – Malesherbes railway line 121.3 Semoy 122 m Abw. Coal store 129.3 Vennecy 114 m 134.4 Donnery 112 m 136.8 Fay-aux-Loges 108 m 138.4 Cens 146.9 Vitry-aux-Loges 125 m 149.4 Combreux 128 m 157.5 Boiscommun-Nibelle 147 m 158 End of the route 161.0 Montliard 140 m 163.7 End of the route Auxy-Juranville – Bourges railway from Auxy-Juranville 164.9 Bellegarde-Quiers 115 m Railway line Auxy-Juranville – Bourges to Bourges 172.4 Bezonde (10 m) 172.7 Ladon 99 m 180.0 Saint-Maurice-sur-Fessard 92 m 183.4 Pannes 93 m 183.9 A 77 185.1 Canal d'Orléans (9 m) 186.8 Solin (26 m) 187.4 Canal du Loing (21 m) 187.7 Loing valley (74 m) 187.9 Loing (11 m) Villeneuve – Montargis railway from Villen.-St-Georges 188.8 117.0 Moret – Lyon railway from Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons 117.7 Montargis 89 m 118.1 Railway line Montargis – Sens to Sens Moret – Lyon railway line to Lyon-Perrache

The Orléans – Montargis railway was a single-track , non-electrified railway line in France . Today only a few kilometers are used for freight traffic. It connected the two important north-south axes Paris-Bordeaux and Paris-Lyon at a distance of around 120 km from Paris . This track was part of the three-part line that continued via Montargis-Sens and Coolus-Sens to Châlons-sur-Marne . The kilometrage takes place from the Paris-Austerlitz train station .

history

The same consortium was awarded the concession for all three sections in 1864 and opened on October 6, 1874. On May 25, 1878, the State Railway Administration Chemins de fer de l'État, along with many other lines, took over the operation of this private company after bankruptcy could no longer be averted. On June 14, 1864, the construction and operation of this and the other two routes via Troyes and Sens was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Economy and Public Affairs. To this end, on February 16, 1870, the Compagnie du chemin de fer d'Orléans à Chalons was founded. On August 25, 1875, the line was initially able to go into operation as a single track. In 1880 a second track was laid. In 1884, the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans (PO) bought the line from the state rescue company , which had taken over the line from the ailing railway company on May 28, 1878, and integrated it into their rail network.

While before the First World War the travel time between the two terminus stations, 76 km apart, took a little over two hours under steam, it is almost two hours between the two world wars. The average speed was only 40 km / h, much too slow to be able to operate attractively. The takeover by the state railway SNCF did not change this situation. After the Second World War, the second track was removed and the steam locomotives were replaced by railcars. Passenger traffic on this route was closed on November 4, 1969, and goods traffic on a small section in the middle of the route on July 26, 1973 (BK 158 - BK 163.7). Since 2012, the part that has not been closed has not been used by freight traffic either after a landslide at Marigny-les-Usages buried the route.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bulletin des lois de la République française , No. 14216, Paris 1884, pp. 345-352
2. ^ Bulletin des lois de la République française . No. 395, Paris 1878, pages 801-823
3. ↑ Timetable before the First World War on a private homepage.
4. ↑ Timetable May 1936