Amiens–Rouen railway

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Amiens–Rouen railway
Amiens St Roch Bifurcation.jpg
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerRFF
LocaleFrance (Hauts-de-France, Normandy)
TerminiAmiens station
Rouen-Rive-Droite station
Service
SystemSNCF
Operator(s)SNCF
History
Opened1867
Technical
Line length114 km (71 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz[2]
Route map

Legend
 Line from Longueau (Paris–Lille)
130.6
 Amiens
132.6
2.0
 Saint-Roch
Line to Boulogne
19.2
 Namps-Quevauvillers
25.8
 Famechon
30.3
 Poix-de-Picardie
37.4
 Sainte-Segrée
44.1
 Fouilloy
Line from Le Tréport
50.8
 Abancourt
Line to Beauvais
56.0
 Formerie
Line from Dieppe
71.4
 Serqueux
Line to Gisors
80.4
 Sommery
89.2
 Montérolier-Buchy
freight line to Motteville
96.0
 Longuerue-Vieux-Manoir
100.3
 Morgny
115.8
137.1
 Line to Paris
139.5
 Rouen-Rive-Droite
Line to Le Havre

The railway from Amiens to Rouen is a French 114-kilometre long railway line, that connects Amiens to Rouen. It was opened in 1867.[3] The line was electrified on 27 August 1984 at 25 kW 50 Hz, and was equipped with the restrained permissivity automatic blocking system, which since the 1990s has offered increasingly unsatisfactory operating conditions with respect to the increasing mixed passenger and goods traffic on the line.

Route[]

The Amiens–Rouen railway begins near the Saint-Roch station (Somme) in Amiens, where it branches off the railway from Amiens to Boulogne. It runs in generally southwestern direction, passing through Poix-de-Picardie, Abancourt and Serqueux until it reaches its terminus in Rouen.

A branch line from Montérolier-Buchy station to Saint-Saëns has been closed and removed.

Main stations[]

The main stations on the Amiens–Rouen railway are:

Use[]

One of the peculiarities of this line is the role of freight traffic, which is far more important than passenger traffic. In 1992–93, this line saw transport of 8,000 tonnes of goods daily, 60% of it in the Amiens - Rouen direction. The importance of the freight traffic is explained by the industrial importance of the two regions linked by the line and in particular by the ports of Rouen and Le Havre at the Rouen end. On the other hand, passenger demand is not strong but tends to be focussed by the express TER Rouen - Amiens - Arras - Douai - Lille axis.

The Amiens–Rouen railway is used by TER Hauts-de-France and TER Normandie regional passenger services on the whole line. The typical daily service (2019) sees five passenger trains in each direction, two of which are extended to/from Lille.

References[]

  1. ^ "RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
  2. ^ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
  3. ^ 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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