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Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway
Carentan railway station
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Île-de-France, Normandy)
Termini
  • Cherbourg station
  • Service
    SystemSNCF
    Operator(s)SNCF
    History
    Opened1855-1858
    Technical
    Line length313 km (194 mi)
    Number of tracksDouble track[1]
    Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
    Electrification25 kV 50 Hz[2]

    Route map

    Line from Paris-Saint-Lazare

    57.3
    Mantes-la-Jolie

    LinetoRouen and Le Havre

    70.9
    Bréval

    80.1
    Bueil

    toRouen

    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

    toRouen

    148.9
    Serquigny

    158.8
    Bernay

    190.1
    Lisieux

    toTrouville-Deauville

    214.4
    toLe Mans

    215.5
    Mézidon

    224.9
    Moult-Argences

    231.2
    Frénouville-Cagny

    239.9
    Caen

    toFlers

    252.2
    Bretteville-Norrey

    258.5
    Audrieu

    268.8
    Bayeux

    282.6
    Le Molay-Littry

    295.2
    Lison

    LinetoSt-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[edit]

    Caen Station in 2003.

    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[edit]

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

    Line history[edit]

    Intercity train at Saint Lazare.

    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[edit]

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

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "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.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg_railway&oldid=1039839284"

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    Railway lines in Île-de-France
    Railway lines in Normandy
    Railway lines opened in 1858
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