Vaivre – Gray railway line

Vaivre-Gray
Test drive in March 1982 with 141 R 420 at Noidans-le-Ferroux station
Route number (SNCF) :	847,000
Course book route (SNCF) :	25 5
Route length:	52 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	8  ‰
Dual track :	formerly yes
Legend Paris – Mulhouse railway from Mulhouse via Vesoul 376.9 0.0 Vaivre 218 m 0.1 Paris – Mulhouse line to Paris-Est ⊙ 5.6 Mont-le-Vernois ⊙ 221 m 9.3 Raze ⊙ 232 m 13.9 Noidans-le-Ferroux ⊙ 240 m Military connection ITE 22.7 Fresne-Saint-Mamès ⊙ 212 m 26.1 Vellexon ⊙ 26.7 Romaine (24 m) 31.1 Seveux ⊙ 32.3 Saône (181 m) ⊙ 34.2 Savoyeux-Mercey ⊙ 199 m canalized Saône ⊙ 35.9 End of the route ⊙ 37.1 Autet ⊙ 207 m Compagnie générale des Chemins de fer vicinaux (CFV) Jussey-Gray 38.4 Salon (56 m) ⊙ 42.8 Vereux ⊙ 200 m 45.9 Beaujeux-Prantigny ⊙ 202 m 51.7 Overflow of the Saône (62 m) ⊙ Railway line Culmont-Chalindrey-Gray from Culmont-Ch. ~ 52.3 N67 / N 70 ⊙ 53.2 352.5 Gray ⊙ 193 m Railway line Saint-Julien – Gray to Troyes above. St. Julien Gray – Saint-Jean-de-Losne railway line to St.-Jean-de-L. Gray – Fraisans railway line to Fraisans

The Vaivre – Gray railway is a 52 km long, single-track , non-electrified railway line in the Haute-Saône department in France . It was opened in 1863 and is only accessible for about 18 km today.

history

The applicant for this and other routes specified on behalf of the company was originally the Chemin de fer de Nancy à Gray par Épinal et Vesoul . On August 17, 1853, however, the Chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg , which already operated a few lines in the area and continued to prosper, received the concession for the construction and operation of the line. Less than half a year later, on January 21, 1854, it was renamed Chemin de fer de l'Est (CE).

With the nationalization of the French railways, this line was also taken over by the SNCF . The passenger train service was closed on May 31, 1970 on the entire route. In the mid-1980s, the sections that are no longer in operation were shut down, namely the almost 14 km long Vaivre - Noidans-le-Ferroux section around 1985 and the 23 km Noidans-le-Ferroux - Autet two years later.

In the summer months there is cycle and handcar traffic between Vaivre and Mont-le-Vernois . The sidings of the Coop Agricole Interval still exist in Autet . No other customers / users of the railway line are known.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adolphe Demeur: Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'est, constitution de la société , in: Les Chemins de fer français en 1860: Statuts des compagnies, notices historiques, situations financières , Librairie centrale des chemins de fer de N. Chaix et Cie, Paris 1860, pp. 105-106
2. ^ Ligne de Vaivre à Gray , Lignes-oubliees, November 1, 2011

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