Vierzon – Saincaize railway line

Vierzon – Saincaize
Bengy on the road before electrification with TER X72500
Route number (SNCF) :	690,000
Route length:	87.194 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	1997: Vierzon – Bourges 1.5 kV  =
Power system :	2011: Bourges – Saincaize 25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Maximum slope :	6  ‰
Dual track :	Yes
Legend Vierzon – Saint-Pierre-des-Corps v. St-Pierre-dC. Railway line Orléans – Montauban v. Paris-Austerlitz 201.1 Vierzon-Ville 122 m Tramways de l'Indre to Issoudun 202.1 Tunnel de Vierzon (222 m) Société générale des chemins de fer économiques n. St-Satur and D 2076 (formerly Route nationale 76 ) 203.8 (2 ×) Yèvre (13 m + 33 m) 204.2 Canal de Berry (7 m) 204.7 204.9 Vierzon-Forges (wedge station) 104 m Railway line Orléans – Montauban to Montauban 211.0 Foëcy 116 m 213.1 A 71 (40 m) 216.3 Mehun-sur-Yèvre 120 m 223.9 Marmagne 121 m 225.6 Junction Pont-Vert (also Junction Marmagne ) Railway Bourges – Miécaze from / n. Montluçon 226.7 Canal de Berry (7 m) 227.2 Yèvre (30 m) ~ 231.9 D 2076 (formerly RN 76 and RN 144 ) 232.3 Auxy-Juranville – Bourges railway from Auxy-Juranville SE to Saint-Amand-Montrond ( meter gauge ) 232.8 Bourges 130 m ~ 233.3 RN 151 ~ 233.5 formerly RN 140 and RN 151 (today pedestrian walkways) several factory connections 236.1 Power system separation 1.5 kV = / 25 kV - 50 Hz ~ 239.7 Saint-Germain-du-Puy (wedge station) 139 m St-Germain – Cosne-Cours-sL railway line. n. Cosne 242.8 Moulins-sur-Yèvre 140 m Siding Agricultural business 245.1 Yèvre (15 m) 249.8 Avord airfield 249.0 Savigny-en-Septaine 149 m 254.7 Avord 171 m ~ 257.9 Siding Agricultural Operation Epis ~ 260.8 D 976 (formerly RN 76) 263.1 Bengy 186 m ~ 267.4 D 976 (formerly RN 76) 268.9 Nerondes 198 m Siding Agricultural business 273.0 Tendron 216 m 273.3 Boubard tunnel (590 m) 280.7 Aubois (12 m) 280.8 Canal de Berry (8 m) ~ 281.1 D 920 (formerly RN 720 ) 281.4 La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois and SE to Saint-Amand-Montrond ( meter gauge ) Factory connection Massey 282.0 Railway line La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois – Marseille-lès-Aubigny to Marseilles-lès-Aubigny and Argent-sur-Sauldre (SE) 290.3 Le Guétin 181 m ~ 290.6 Canal latéral à la Loire 291.0 Allier ( Viaduc du Guétin , 332 m); Cher / Nièvre department Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache railway line 291.8 Saincaize 182 m Railway Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons-Lyon-Perrache n. Lyon

The Vierzon – Saincaize line is a double-track line in France that is electrified with two different voltages . It went into operation between 1847 and 1850 and still forms an important west-east connection between the Loire Valley and Bourgogne .

history

opening

Track node Vierzon , tracks towards Tours and Orléans , 1919.

Typical train station unit building in Avord , looking towards Bourges, July 2010.

Efforts had been made since 1842 to build a railway line from Orléans to Bourges , and it was declared of public importance on June 11, 1842. A community of concessions was found around the Geneva banker François Bartholoni (1796–1881), which was to form the Compagnie du chemin de fer du Center from 1844 onwards . The company only existed until the end of March 1852 and was taken over by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans together with the 40-year concession . The public interest announcement for the Bourges – Le Guétin section was declared on July 26, 1844 and for the Le Guétin – Saincaize section on June 21, 1846.

The route was built in three sections. The first 28.2 km long section Vierzon – Bourges was opened to traffic on July 20, 1847, Bourges – Nérondes with a length of 36.1 km followed on May 20, 1849 and on October 5, 1850 the last 22, 9 km to Saincaize-Ouest. The northern connecting curve in the direction of Nevers followed on May 15, 1853, everything was immediately double-tracked.

Infrastructure

There is both freight and passenger traffic.

The electrification of the line is based on the two north-south facing routes Paris – Toulouse in Vierzon and Paris – Lyon in Saincaize, which are equipped with different voltages. First, from September 26, 1997, the western section Vierzon – Bourges was electrified with 1.5 kV, from November 15, 2011, Bourges – Saincaize was electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz.

Today, the highest type of train, Intercités of the SNCF Est-Center, with the destination Nantes –Lyon and Paris – Bourges, stops in Vierzon and Bourges. The route is thus part of the only Intercités east-west link between Paris and the Mediterranean. Regional trains of the TER Center-Val de Loire (line 34) also operate with nine other stops.

Transitions

At three stations there were crossings to other railroad companies guided by meter gauge. In Vierzon, the Tramways de l'Indre ran to Issoudun, 57 km away, and to Saint-Satur via Sancerre until 1937 ; in Bourges there was the Chemin de fer économique de Bourges via Dun-sur-Auron and Laugère ( Berry province ) to Saint- Amand-Montrond , which drove until 1951 and in La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois also to St.-Amand, but through the Société générale des chemins de fer économiques . The 97 km long route to Argent-sur-Sauldre also began in La Guerche . It was put into operation in 1906/1907 and closed again in 1948. The 17 km long section to Marseilles-lès-Aubigny and an approx. 1 km long connecting piece to the port on the Canal Latéral à la Loire, however, converted to 1432 mm standard gauge and reopened in 1956.

Web links

Commons : Vierzon – Saincaize railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Voie ferrée: ligne Argent-sur-Sauldre - La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (et Saint-Satur), chemin de fer économique à voie étroite dit le Tacot , Ministère de la culture, Région Center-Val de Loire, 2007
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Ligne Vierzon - Saincaize . In: Infrastructure ferroviaire française, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Center-Val de Loire, et 2 autres
3. ^ Thorsten Büker: Railways through Europe . Electrical Systems Map, December 2011
4. ↑ Réseau Intercites 2016
5. ^ List of chemins de fer secondaires. Indre (36) . FACS - Patrimoine Ferroviaire
6. ↑ ^{a b} List of chemins de fer secondaires. Cher (18) . FACS - Patrimoine Ferroviaire