Gare de Collonges – Fort l'Écluse

Collonges - Fort l'Écluse station is a disused station near the small town of Collonges and the Fort l'Écluse, in the Ain department, eastern France. It is situated on the Bellegarde-Geneva section of the Lyon-Geneva Railway at the junction with the Divonne branch line. It is still manned by a signalman, who manages trains from Longeray to la Plaine and operates the points twice per day to allow the daily waste disposal train to join or leave the main line.[1] It is remarkable for being one of the last places on the RFF network with operating semaphore signals from the PLM era. Another curiosity is the solar panel, which power an automatic point greaser.[2]

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  1. Personal interview with SNCF agent 22 April 2011
  2. Personal interview with SNCF agent 22 April 2011

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