Longueau–Boulogne railway

Longueau–Boulogne railway
Longueau–Boulogne railway
	Northern France railway network in 1853
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	RFF
Locale	France (Hauts-de-France)
Termini	Gare de Longueau; Gare de Boulogne-Ville
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1847 to 1848
Technical
Line length	171 kilometres (106 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
show Route map
	Legend
	Paris–Lille railway
	to Lille-Flandres and Laon
	Réseau des Bains de Mer
	to Dompierre-sur-Authie
	CFBS dual gauge line
	to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
	CFBS
	to Le Crotoy
	Réseau des Bains de Mer
	to Forest l'Abbaye
	CF du ARB
	to Aire-sur-la-Lys
	CF du ARB
	to Berck-Plage
	original
	site
	CF de BB
	to Bonningues-lès-Ardres
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The Longueau–Boulogne railway is a French railway which runs from a junction with the Paris-Lille railway at Longueau to the coastal port of Boulogne. A double track railway it is 171 kilometres (106 miles) long. Until the start of the Eurostar service from London to Paris in 1994 via LGV Nord it was the main route for the boat trains to Paris which met the ships carrying passengers from Great Britain. As of August 2011 the line is used by Intercités services from Paris to Boulogne, TGV services from Rang-du-Fliers via Calais-Fréthun to Lille-Europe and local TER Hauts-de-France services.^[1]

The line was built by Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord during 1847 and 1848.^[2] The section from Longueau through Amiens and to the junction with the line to Rouen is electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz.^[3] From 2009 to 2010 the line from Boulogne to Rang-du-Fliers was also electrified to allow a TER-GV service to run.^[4]

References[]

^ Paris-Amiens-Calais-Hazebrouck-Lille timetable (in French)
^ Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869) (in French). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869. Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160
^ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
^ Bernard Collardey, "Amiens - Calais : La ligne de la côte se modernise", in Rail Passion, no 158, December 2010, p. 40-57 (ISSN 1261-3665) (in French)

Coordinates: 49°51′51″N 2°21′08″E / 49.8643°N 2.3521°E / 49.8643; 2.3521

[LL1112-1] Paris-Amiens-Calais-Hazebrouck-Lille timetable (in French)

[2] Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1869) (in French). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1869. Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. pp. 146–160

[3] "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).

[4] Bernard Collardey, "Amiens - Calais : La ligne de la côte se modernise", in Rail Passion, no 158, December 2010, p. 40-57 (ISSN 1261-3665) (in French)

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