Paris–Bordeaux railway

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Paris–Bordeaux railway
IndreMontsViaduc.JPG
Viaduct over the Indre
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner RFF
LocaleFrance (Île-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire,
Nouvelle-Aquitaine)
Termini
Service
System SNCF
Operator(s) SNCF
History
Opened1840-1853
Technical
Line length584 km (363 mi)
Number of tracks Double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 1.5 kV DC [1]
Route map

Contents

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RER C from Champ de Mars
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Musée d'Orsay
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Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame
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Paris-Austerlitz
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Bibliothèque F. Mitterrand
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Petite Ceinture
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Ivry-sur-Seine
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Vitry-sur-Seine
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Les Ardoines
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Choisy-le-Roi
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Grande Ceinture
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Villeneuve-le-Roi
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Ablon
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Grande Ceinture
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Athis-Mons
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RER D from Paris-GdLyon
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Juvisy
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RER D to Corbeil-Essonnes
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Savigny-sur-Orge
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22.3
Grande Ceinture to Massy
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Épinay-sur-Orge
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Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
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Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
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Brétigny
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to Vendôme
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Marolles-en-Hurepoix
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39.7
Bouray
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42.8
Lardy
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Chamarande
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48.7
Étréchy
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55.9
Étampes
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66.2
Guillerval
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Monnerville
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74.4
Angerville
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80.9
Boisseaux
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88.3
Toury
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Château-Gaillard
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Artenay
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107.6
Chevilly
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Cercottes
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from Pithiviers
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from Montargis
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Les Aubrais
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Line from Limoges
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Orléans
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to Chartres
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128.3
La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin
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Chaingy-Fourneaux-Plage
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Saint-Ay
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Meung-sur-Loire
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143.4
Baule
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Beaugency
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Mer
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Suèvres
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Menars
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La Chaussée-Saint-Victor
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from Vendôme
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Blois
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Chouzy
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194.9
Onzain
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Veuves-Monteaux
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206.2
Limeray
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212.2
Amboise
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Noizay
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225.2
River Loire
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225.5
Montlouis
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227.7
LGV ParisBordeaux
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from Vierzon
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LGV from Bordeaux
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Saint-Pierre-des-Corps
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Tours
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from Le Mans and Vendôme
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Line to Nantes
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River Cher
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to Chinon and Loches
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LGV from Paris
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Monts
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Villeperdue
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Sainte-Maure – Noyant
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Maillé
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from Nouâtre
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Port-de-Piles
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River Creuse
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to Tournon-Saint-Martin
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Les Ormes-sur-Vienne
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Dangé
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Ingrandes-sur-Vienne
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Châtellerault
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River Vienne
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Nerpuy
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Naintré-les-Barres
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La Tricherie
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Dissay
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Jaunay-Clan
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Futuroscope
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Chasseneuil
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Poitiers
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to La Rochelle
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to Limoges
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Ligugé
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Iteuil
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Vivonne
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Anché-Voulon
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Épanvilliers
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from Civray
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Saint-Saviol
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Ruffec
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River Charente
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Luxé
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from Limoges
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Angoulême
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Tunnel of Angoulême (779m)
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to Saintes
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Montmoreau
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Saint-Aigulin-La-Roche-Chalais
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Les Églisottes
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Coutras
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River Isle
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to Cavignac
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from Bergerac
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Libourne
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River Dordogne
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Vayres
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Saint-Sulpice-Izon
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Saint-Loubès
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SaintesCenon
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La Gorp
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from port of Bordeaux
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to port of Bordeaux
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Bassens
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from Saintes
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Cenon
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River Garonne
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Bordeaux-Saint-Jean
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Line to Toulouse
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The railway from Paris to Bordeaux is an important French 584-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southwestern port city Bordeaux via Orléans and Tours. The railway was opened in several stages between 1840 and 1853, when the section from Poitiers to Angoulême was finished. [2] The opening of the LGV Atlantique high speed line from Paris to Tours in 1989 has decreased the importance of this section of the line for passenger traffic; the opening of the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique in 2017 has seen all long distance passenger trains migrating to that line and leaving space for more regional and local trains, as well as freight trains.

Route

The Paris–Bordeaux railway leaves the Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris in southeastern direction. It follows the left Seine bank upstream until Juvisy-sur-Orge, where it starts following the small river Orge upstream until Brétigny-sur-Orge. Between Lardy and Étampes the railway follows the small river Juine upstream. It then crosses the Beauce plains until it reaches Orléans. The Orléans station is a terminus; many long distance trains call at the nearby Les Aubrais station instead.

At Orléans the railway turns southwest, following the river Loire downstream along its right bank. It passes through Blois and Amboise, and crosses the Loire at Montlouis-sur-Loire, an eastern suburb of Tours. The Tours station is a terminus as well; many long distance trains call at the nearby Saint-Pierre-des-Corps station instead. The railway turns south again, crosses the rivers Cher and Indre, and follows the right Vienne bank upstream beyond Maillé. At Châtellerault it crosses the Vienne and continues upstream along the river Clain, through the city Poitiers.

At Voulon the railway leaves the Clain valley and it follows the Charente valley from Saint-Saviol downstream. It leaves the Charente at Ruffec, crosses it again at Luxé and passes through the city Angoulême. It follows the small rivers Tude and Dronne downstream until its mouth at Coutras, where the railway crosses the river Isle. It follows the left Isle bank downstream to Libourne, where it continues west and downstream along the left Dordogne bank. It reaches the right Garonne bank at Bassens, and crosses the river at Cenon, entering its terminus Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station after a total length of 584 km.

Main stations

Map of Paris-Bordeaux line 570000 - Ligne de Paris-Austerlitz a Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.png
Map of Paris–Bordeaux line

The main stations on the Paris–Bordeaux railway are:

History

The sections Paris–Orléans and Orléans–Bordeaux were built and exploited by two different companies, that became part of Chemin de Fer de Paris à Orléans in 1852. [3] The first section that was opened in 1840 led from Paris to Juvisy-sur-Orge, a southern suburb. The line was extended to Orléans in 1843. Tours was reached in 1846, and Poitiers in 1851. In 1852 Bordeaux was connected with Angoulême. Finally in 1853 the section from Poitiers to Angoulême was opened. [2] The Gare d'Austerlitz is the original terminus of the Paris–Bordeaux line. At the occasion of the 1900 Exposition Universelle the Gare d'Orsay was opened as the new terminus, with a more central location. The richly decorated Gare d'Orsay was only used by electric trains. After 1939 it was only used for suburban trains. Since 1986, the station building is a museum of 19th-century art.

Services

The Paris–Bordeaux railway is used by the following passenger services:

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References

  1. "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. Joanne, Adolphe (1859). Atlas historique et statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). Paris: L. Hachette. p.  39.