Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway

Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway
Overview
System SNCF
Status Operational
Locale France (Île-de-France, Picardy, Upper Normandy)
Termini Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse
Gare du Tréport-Mers
Operation
Opened 1872-1877
Owner RFF
Operator(s) SNCF
Technical
Line length 173 km (107 mi)
No. of tracks Double track (Épinay–Milly-sur-Thérain)
Single track (Milly-sur-Thérain–Le Tréport)[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50 Hz (Épinay–Beauvais)[2]
Route map
Legend
 Line from Paris-Nord
 9.0 Épinay-Villetaneuse
Line to Pontoise
11.5 Deuil-Montmagny
 13.1 Groslay
 14.7 Sarcelles-Saint-Brice
 17.8 Écouen-Ézanville
 20.1 Domont
 22.0 Bouffémont-Moisselles
 24.4 Montsoult-Maffliers
to Luzarches
31.6 Presles-Courcelles
 33.9 Nointel-Mours
 35.1 River Oise
from Pontoise
 36.5 Persan-Beaumont
to Creil
40.9 Chambly
 45.2 Bornel-Belle-Église
 48.6 Esches
 52.9 Méru
 59.6 Laboissière-Le Déluge
 66.8 Saint-Sulpice-Auteuil
 74.7 Villers-sur-Thère
from Creil
 78.6 Beauvais
to Gournay-en-Bray
 88.4 Herchies
 91.2 Milly-sur-Thérain
 94.2 Saint-Omer-en-Chaussée
to Crèvecœur-le-Grand
 100.1 Marseille-en-Beauvaisis
 111.8 Grandvilliers
 119.7 Feuquières-Broquiers
Line from Rouen
 125.8 Abancourt
Line to Amiens
136.1 Aumale
 158.5 Blangy-sur-Bresle
 166.4 Longroy-Gamaches
 178.5 Eu-la Mouillette
from Abbeville
 179.4 Eu
 182.5 Le Tréport-Mers

The railway from Épinay-Villetaneuse to Le Tréport-Mers is a French 173-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to Le Tréport on the English Channel coast. It was opened in several stages between 1872 and 1877.

Route

The Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway begins near the Gare d'Épinay-Villetaneuse, where it branches off the railway from Paris to Pontoise. It winds in generally northern direction to the Gare de Montsoult-Maffliers, where the line to Luzarches branches off. It crosses the river Oise in Persan, and continues in northwestern direction towards Beauvais. It passes through Abancourt. From Aumale it follows the river Bresle downstream until it reaches its terminus Gare du Tréport-Mers, near the beach resort towns Le Tréport and Mers-les-Bains.

Main stations

The main stations on the Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway are:

Services

The Épinay-Villetaneuse–Le Tréport-Mers railway is used by the following passenger services:

References

  1. ↑ RFF - Network map PDF
  2. ↑ RFF - Map of electrified railway lines PDF

External links

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