Taulignan – Grignan – Chamaret railway line

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Taulignan – Grignan – Chamaret
Grignan train station and castle
Grignan train station and castle
Section of the Taulignan – Grignan – Chamaret railway line
Grignan train station
Route length: 11 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Region (F): Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
End station - start of the route
0 Taulignan
Stop, stop
Grignan
End station - end of the line
11 Chamaret

The Taulignan – Grignan – Chamaret (TGC, French Chemin de fer Taulignan – Grignan – Chamaret ) was an 11-kilometer-long meter- gauge railway from Taulignan via Grignan to Chamaret in the Drôme department , which was in operation from 1907 to 1932. In Chamaret there was a connection to the standard gauge railway line Pierrelatte – Nyons ( fr ) of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) .

history

Adrien Greffe obtained permission to build the line on December 23, 1903, and on February 28, 1904 a decree for public use. The line was opened on November 16, 1906.

The Compagnie du Chemin de fer Taulignan-Grignan-Chamaret was commissioned on December 4, 1907 with the operation of the railway line. In 1925, the board of directors of the Chemins de fer départementaux de la Drôme ( fr ) took over the operation of the line that it had previously acquired.

Due to increasing competition from road traffic, the line was closed in 1928 and dismantled in 1932.

Rail vehicles

There were two three-axle steam locomotives No. 1 and 2 with a 0-6-0 T wheel arrangement from Corpet-Louvet (built in 1907, construction numbers 1129-1130) as well as a passenger car and a few freight cars.

Individual evidence

  1. No 44677 - Décret déclarant d'utilité publique, dans le département de la Drôme, l'établissement d'un Tramway de Taulignan à la gare de Chamaret. Du 28 février 1904. , Bulletin des lois de la République française, 12th series, Volume 69, No. 2547, March 4, 1904, pp. 361–379 (ISSN 1272-6397)
  2. No 50281 - Décret qui approuve la Substitution à M. Adrien Greffe de la Compagnie de fer de Taulignan-Grignan-Chamaret comme concessionnaire du tramway de Taulignan à Grignan et à la station de Chamaret. , Bulletin des lois de la République française, 12th series, Volume 76, No. 2915, December 8, 1907, pp. 1310-1312 (ISSN 1272-6397)
  3. ^ Décret of July 31, 1925 in the Journal officiel de la République française .