Chemin de fer Nyon-Saint-Cergue-Morez

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Chemin de fer Nyon-Saint-Cergue-Morez
La Cure train station
La Cure train station
Timetable field : 155
Route length: 26.73 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Power system : 1500 V  =
Maximum slope : 60  ‰
Minimum radius : 70 m
Legend
   
 0.2 Nyon NStCM 395 m above sea level M.
   
 Connection to Geneva and Lausanne
   
 Gare souterraine (210 m)
Station, station
 1.1 Les Plantaz 422 m above sea level M.
Route - straight ahead
 Depot and workshop
Stop, stop
 2.4 La Vuarpillière 463 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 3.0 L'Asse 474 m above sea level M.
   
 Asse Viaduct (74 m)
Station, station
 4.4 Trélex 498 m above sea level M.
   
 Colline Viaduct (110 m)
Station, station
 6.4 Givrins 552 m above sea level M.
Station, station
 7.5 Genolier 560 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 8.5 Sus-Châtel 598 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 9.8 La Joy Clinique 660 m above sea level M.
Station, station
 11.1 Le Muids 712 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 12.1 Basins 753 m above sea level M.
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 Basins tunnel (116 m)
Station, station
 13.9 Arzier 839 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 17.1 La Chèvrerie - Monteret 970 m above sea level M.
Station, station
 19.1 St-Cergue Remise 1044 m above sea level M.
Tunnel - if there are several tunnels in a row
 St-Cergue tunnel (99 m)
Stop, stop
 Les Chesaux
Stop, stop
 22.1 Les pralies 1175 m above sea level M.
Stop, stop
 23.3 La Givrine 1208 m above sea level M.
   
 27.0 La Cure 1155 m above sea level M.
   
 former border station to France
   
 27.3 La Cure (F) 1152 m above sea level M.
   
 29.5 Les Rousses 1110 m above sea level M.
   
 Sous-les-Barres 940 m above sea level M.
   
 Sous-les-Barres tunnel (96 m)
   
 33.8 Gouland 895 m above sea level M.
   
 Turu Tunnel (58 m)
   
 La Doye
   
 Pont de la Bienne
   
 Morez Ecole
   
 38.2 Morez Ville 701 m above sea level M.
   
 39.1 Morez SNCF 734 m above sea level M.

The Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez (NStCM) (official French name: Compagnie du chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez SA ) is a private railway company in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The 27.0 km long meter-gauge railway line leads from Nyon on Lake Geneva to the health and winter sports resort of Saint-Cergue on the heights of the Vaud Jura and on to La Cure , located directly on the French border. A 12.1 km long continuation inland - it ended at the Morez station of the SNCF line from Bourg-en-Bresse to Andelot-en-Montagne - was closed in 1958 and replaced by a bus service . From 1947 to 1992 the company also held a concession for an Archette – La Barillette chairlift, which opened in 1948.

Timetable

The entire Nyon - La Cure route is served every hour, but with the intersection in Arzier at Minute: 20, the symmetry time differs greatly from the usual . Taking into account the additional trains running Monday to Friday between Nyon and St-Cergue, which produce an approximate 25-35 cycle, there are other regular crossings in Trélex (minute: 37), Arzier (minute: 56) and Genolier (minute: 08). The travel time for the entire route is 48 minutes (as of 2012).

route

The NStCM started in July 2004 in a newly built underground terminus in Nyon ( 395  m above sea level ); it used to start on the station square there. Initially, the route runs mainly in a northerly direction and passes the Les Plantaz depot on the outskirts with an attached workshop. The annual Paléo Festival takes place near the L'Asse stop . The line now rises moderately at the foot of the Jura and leads via Trélex (501 m) and Givrins (554 m) to Genolier (562 m).

This is where the actual mountain route begins, which climbs the Jura slope, which slopes down to the southeast, in a winding development. The passengers are offered changing views of Lake Geneva and the Savoy Alps to Mont Blanc . At Arzier (842 m) the railway turns west to reach Saint-Cergue (1047 m) through rugged terrain with mixed forest . This most important intermediate station has a coach house with a railroad service base including a snow removal service. From here the line runs mostly through open landscape parallel to the main road. At the top of the Col de la Givrine pass, the apex is reached at 1233 m, followed by a short but steep downhill section to the La Cure terminus (1155 m) in a typical high Jura valley.

The maximum gradient of the adhesion path is 60 ‰, the smallest curve radius 70 m. The railway line has two larger bridges in the lower part, the Viaduc de l'Asse (74 m long) and the Viaduc de la Colline (110 m), as well as a short tunnel at Arzier and at St-Cergue . It has been operated electrically with direct current since the start of operation . The catenary voltage of initially 2200  volts was reduced to 1500 volts in 1985.

The French section led from La Cure via Les Rousses (1110 m) to Morez (701 m), crossed the small town on the main road and ended at the SNCF train station (734 m). Two tunnels were needed to cross the canyon deeply carved by the Bienne River .

history

Zug in the years before the renovation. A wagon for ski transport runs behind the railcar.

As early as 1899, the responsible authorities granted the concession for an extensive narrow-gauge network in the western Vaud Jura. Under the name Chemin de fer Nyon – Jura , railway lines from Nyon to St-Cergue, to Gingins and via Le Vaud and Marchissy to Gimel were to be built. Due to insufficient funding, the start of construction was delayed until it was decided in 1910 to concentrate on the Nyon – St-Cergue – La Cure line. The modified plans were approved in 1912, and the French connection line a year later.

At the end of 1912, the Paris-based construction company Dyle & Bacalan began work. The side effects of the First World War - mobilization in France, shortage of materials in Switzerland - made construction much more difficult. On the French side, work was temporarily suspended completely. Finally, on July 12, 1916, the first section from Nyon to St-Cergue was opened, the extension to La Cure on August 18, 1917. On November 11, 1917, the final station in Nyon was inaugurated. The La Cure – Morez line followed on March 7, 1921, with considerable delay.

Because the French railway company Chemins de fer Électriques du Jura (CFEJ) did not yet have any vehicles, the Swiss company initially operated the entire route and consequently called itself Nyon – St-Cergue – Morez . It kept this name even when the CFEJ put its first own railcar into service in 1924.

Because of the unfavorable exchange rate , international traffic got off the ground with difficulty. The increasing competition from road traffic also made problems for the NStCM. The 1920s and 30s became a permanent crisis. During the Second World War , the La Cure – Morez section had to be temporarily shut down twice. In contrast, the long-awaited upswing set in on the Swiss section, to which the first téléluge (lift for tobogganers ) opened in 1939 also contributed. The excursion traffic to the winter sports area Col de la Givrine - La Dôle , which is also popular with cross-country skiers , developed more and more into a profitable business.

After the last train had used the French section on September 27, 1958, discussions began in Switzerland about the possible closure of the Nyon – La Cure line. Expert opinion followed expert opinion; the recommendations contradicted each other. Massive protests by the population in 1972 barely prevented the switch to bus service. Since the 1970s, the number of passengers has grown continuously, so that in 1982 it was finally decided in favor of keeping the railway, which ended the suspension that had lasted for a good twenty years. Aid from the federal government and the canton made the long overdue modernization possible: NStCM completely renewed the contact line and put three new rectifiers into operation. Instead of the “exotic” voltage of 2200 volts, the widespread value of 1500 volts was chosen. New shuttle trains replaced the outdated railcars. Barriers and flashing lights secured the level crossings . The route block was set up in the 1990s .

In 2015, four new ABe 4/8 401-402 - 407-408 double railcars from Stadler Rail were delivered. At the same time, a new logo and a new coat of paint in red and white were introduced. The exterior paintwork of the Vevey generation of vehicles from 1985/86/91 is also adapted.

Since the 2015/2016 timetable change, every 15 minutes has been offered on weekdays during rush hour between Nyon and Genolier.

Rolling stock

Historic ABDe 4/4 1 route at La Givrine
ABDe 4/4 10 pieces Cergue
Railcar
  • ABDe 4/4 1, 5-6 (1916); off-duty
  • ABDe 4/4 2 (1936); off-duty
  • ABDe 4/4 3 (1924); off-duty
  • ABDe 4/4 10-11 (1918); off-duty
  • Be 4/4 201-205 (1985-86)
  • BDe 4/4 211 (1991)
  • BDe 4/4 221 (1935), taken over from LEB (1991), canceled in 2019
  • BDe 4/4 231-232 (1953), taken over by CJ (2003/2007), canceled in 2015
  • ABe 4/8 401-402 - 407-408 (2015)
Diesel locomotives
  • XTm 2/2 251 (1984)
  • Tm 2/2 261 (1958)
Two-power locomotive
Passenger cars

literature

  • Michel Grandguillaume, Gérald Hadorn, Sébastien Jarne, Jean-Louis Rochaix: Voies étroites du Jura Vaudois . BVA, Lausanne 1988, ISBN 2-88125-006-7
  • Individual evidence:
  1. ↑ Entry in the commercial register in the canton of Vaud
  2. ^ Reference: Railway files collection EAS 63 (1947) 120 "Concession for a chairlift to the Barillette (St-Cergue)" of July 14, 1947, granted to the Nyon – St-Cergue – Morez railway company
  3. ↑ Kursbuchfeld 155, timetable year 2012 (PDF; 134 kB)
  4. ^ Andreas Zimmermann. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .

Web links

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