Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway

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Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway

Carentan railway station

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

RFF

Locale

France (Île-de-France, Normandy)

Termini

Service

System

SNCF

Operator(s)

SNCF

History

Opened

1855-1858

Technical

Line length

313 km (194 mi)

Number of tracks

Double track^[1]

Track gauge

1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) standard gauge

Electrification

25 kV 50 Hz^[2]

Route map

Legend

					Line from Paris-Saint-Lazare
				57.3	Mantes-la-Jolie
					Line to Rouen and Le Havre
				70.9	Bréval
				80.1	Bueil
					to Rouen
					from Saint-André-de-l'Eure
					from Gravigny
				107.3	Évreux-Normandie
				117.0	La Bonneville-sur-Iton
				125.2	Conches
				132.9	Romilly-la-Puthenaye
				143.2	Beaumont-le-Roger
					to Rouen
				148.9	Serquigny
				158.8	Bernay
				190.1	Lisieux
					to Trouville-Deauville
				214.4	to Le Mans
				215.5	Mézidon
				224.9	Moult-Argences
				231.2	Frénouville-Cagny
				239.9	Caen
					to Flers
				252.2	Bretteville-Norrey
				258.5	Audrieu
				268.8	Bayeux
				282.6	Le Molay-Littry
				295.2	Lison
					Line to St-Lô and Lamballe
				313.1	Carentan
				342.6	Valognes
					to eastern port of Cherbourg
				370.4	Cherbourg
					to western port of Cherbourg

The railway from Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg is an important French 228-kilometre long railway line, that connects Mantes-la-Jolie, a western suburb of Paris, with the northwestern port city Cherbourg via Caen. At Mantes-la-Jolie, the railway line is connected with the Paris–Le Havre railway. The line was opened between 1855 and 1858 by the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest.^[3]

Route

The line serves the towns Mantes-la-Jolie, Évreux, Bernay, Lisieux, Caen, and is extended to Cherbourg. It is 313 km long from Mantes-la-Jolie to Cherbourg (370 km from Paris). It was electrified with 25 kV AC in June 1996.

Main stations

The main stations on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway are:

Line history

The railway from Paris to Rouen via Mantes-la-Jolie was opened in 1843. A concession for a railway from Mantes to Caen was already granted in 1846, but the first section from Mantes to Lisieux was only opened in July 1855. Lisieux–Caen followed in December 1855, and the final section Caen–Cherbourg in July 1858.^[3]

The line was known for using the post-World War II, American-built SNCF 141R steam engines as well as turbotrain-type trains from September 1970. After electrification in 1996, BB16000 and BB 26000 locomotive-hauled trains are used.

Services

The Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway is used by the following passenger services:

TGV from Cherbourg to Dijon
Intercités from Paris to Caen, Cherbourg and Saint-Lô
TER Normandie regional services

References

^ "RFF - Map of all railway lines" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
^ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160.

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