Paris – Mulhouse railway line
The Paris – Mulhouse railway connects Paris with Mulhouse via Troyes , Chaumont , Vesoul , Lure and Belfort . Its common name in the Est SNCF region is Ligne 4 . It was opened in stages between 1856 and 1858.
In the past, this route was also used by the Arlberg-Orient-Express and the Trans-Europ-Express “L'Arbalète” on the Paris – Switzerland route. Since the LGV Est européenne went into operation, long-distance passenger transport has decreased significantly.
history
By decree of August 17, 1853, the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg was commissioned to build a railway line between Paris and Mulhouse. The line used, among other things, the Montereau – Troyes railway line on a longer section, which had been in operation since 1848. The cost of building the line was estimated at 101.2 million francs; one kilometer cost 275,000 francs.
The route has some major engineering structures: eight viaducts, 14 large bridges and seven tunnels with a total length of almost five kilometers. It was opened in several stages between 1856 and 1858.
The Trans-Europ-Express Arbalète started operations here on June 2, 1957. It connected Paris with Zurich via Troyes and Mulhouse. This connection was discontinued on May 26, 1979 and replaced by Intercitys .
On the section Culmont - Chalindrey - Abzw Chaudenay the overhead line was put into operation on June 30, 1964. The line from Belfort to Mulhouse was electrified from September 10, 1970.
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The maximum speed is between 140 km / h and 160 km / h over long distances. Many smaller train stations were closed. Freight traffic makes up two thirds of traffic.
Up until June 9, 2007 there were direct trains between Paris and Basel SBB , but after the LGV Est européenne went into operation, these trains end in Mulhouse or sometimes in Belfort.
Regional traffic looks like this:
- the RER E from Paris to Gretz-Armainvilliers ;
- the Transilien from Gretz-Armainvilliers to Longueville (to Provins );
- the TER Champagne-Ardenne from Paris-Est to Culmont - Chalindrey ;
- the TER Franche-Comté from Culmont- Chalindrey to Vesoul by bus;
- the TER Franche-Comté from Vesoul to Belfort;
- the TER Alsace from Belfort to Mulhouse;
The commissioning of the LGV Rhin-Rhône has meant that there are no more direct trains from Paris to Mulhouse. You have to change trains in Belfort. Since December 2011, the TGV trains have been using part of the Paris – Mulhouse route. As a result, three stops (Valdieu, Ballersdorf and Brunstatt) had to be closed because otherwise the TER's travel time would have been too long. A reopening is only in sight when the second section of the eastern branch of the LGV Rhin-Rhône goes into operation.
The electrification is planned between Gretz-Armainvilliers and Troyes. The cost is expected to be 270 million euros and commissioning was scheduled for 2016.
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Gare de l'Est train station in Paris
Two power railcars of series B 82500 on the viaduct Longueville
CC 72145 in front of an Intercités to Paris near Chalmaison
Express train to Mulhouse with CC 72082 exiting Vesoul station, 1987
Ballersdorf Viaduct
Mulhouse-Ville train station
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literature
- Jean-Pierre Malaspina, Maurice Mertens: La légende des Trans-Europ-Express (TEE) . Éditions LR-Presse, 2007, ISBN 978-2-903651-45-9 .
- Jacques Defrance: Le matériel moteur de la SNCF . Éditions NM, Paris 1978, OCLC 496966575 (reproduction of the 1969 edition).
- Didier Leroy, Guillaume Pourageaux: La ligne 4, Paris – Mulhouse – Bâle, de la vapeur au diesel . Éditions La Vie du Rail, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-918758-03-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ François Palau, Maguy Palau: Le rail en France. Tome I, 1852-1857 . S. 153 .
- ↑ GARE SNCF de “CULMONT - CHALINDREY” on christophe.lachenal.free.fr.
- ↑ GARE SNCF de “Belfort” on christophe.lachenal.free.fr.
- ^ Transports: Plus de trains et moins d'arrêts pour l'arrivée du TGV Rhin-Rhône in 2011 . In: Journal L'Alsace . January 6, 2011.
- ↑ Contrat de projets État-Région 2007–2013. (PDF) Région Champagne-Ardenne, p. 45 ff , archived from the original on October 21, 2007 ; Retrieved January 22, 2011 .