Pompey – Nomeny railway line

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Pompey Nomeny
Brick works in Jeandelaincourt, the penultimate place before the end of the route; in the foreground the track
Brick works in Jeandelaincourt, the penultimate place
before the end of the route; in the foreground the track
Route number (SNCF) : 096 000
Course book route (SNCF) : 12 7
Route length: 22 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 15  ‰
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Railway Frouard – Novéant from Nancy
Station, station
344.8
0.0
Pompey 196m
   
 0.8 Railway line Frouard – Novéant to Metz
   
 1.1 Canal de l'Est (70m)
   
 End of the route
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 2.0 Moselle
and Autoroute A31 (removed) 		(220 m)
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 2.3 Custines 198 m
   
 3.7 Malleloy 212 m
   
 6.3 Lazy 238 m
   
 9.3 Montenoy 270 m
   
 12.0 Leyr 250 m
   
 12.3 Limite de déclassement
   
 13.8 Moivrons 235 m
   
 16.0 Siding to the brickworks
   
 16.1 Jeandelaincourt 229 m
   
 21.9 Noun 185 m
   
 22.058 End of the route

The Pompey – Nomeny railway is a single-track, former branch line in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in France . It branched off in Pompey from the Frouard – Novéant railway along the Moselle and ran in a north-easterly direction to the last town of Nomeny , which is still on the Meurthe-et-Moselle terrain.

The first considerations for a route to connect the small town of Nomeny, which has a population of just a few hundred, to the rail network date back to 1864. This rail line should help, together with other routes such as between Nancy and Mirecourt or between Champigneulles and Château-Salins , the To revitalize the region economically. The operator was the Chemin de Fer de l'Est until the nationalization in 1938 , the SNCF until 1997 , today the Réseau ferré de France manages the properties.

history

Historical and current borders: The terminus in Nomeny was on the section of the common border that corresponds to both the former German-French and the current border between Moselle and Meurthe.
Station in Nomeny , around 1894 and 2019. Viewing direction: end of the line.

The line opened on September 23, 1882. The planned, approximately eight kilometers long extension to Secourt on the Metz – Château-Salins railway could no longer be carried out because of the new border after the Franco-German War . From Secourt, the planned route was covered with an approximately three-and-a-half kilometer-long rail line to the Ressaincourt ammunition depot . In August 1914, the route suffered severe damage from fighting. Until the bombardment of the Moselle bridge near Pompey in 1940, both freight and passenger traffic took place. The main customers were the brickworks in Jeandelaincourt and two other bulk consignors in Custines and Faulx.

After the war, the bridge was rebuilt, but from 1982 it was no longer used as scheduled and officially closed in 1985. Nevertheless, until November 10, 2003 there was still limited traffic on the Nomeny – Leyr section. The end of production at the Jeandelaincourt brick factory in 1969 due to a major fire may also have contributed to the closure of the line. The Moselle bridge was removed and replaced by a road bridge in the same place.

literature

  • Jean-Marc Dupuy: Gares et Tortillards de Lorraine, Trains d'ici, Gares et tortillards. Editions Cheminements, 2009 ISBN 9782360370016

Web links

Commons : Pompey – Nomeny railway line  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://transports-vosges.pagesperso-orange.fr/cdf/54-12-7.html