Fives–Hirson railway

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Fives–Hirson Railway
Fives-Hirson railway
Overview
Status	Open
Owner	SNCF (1938–present)
Locale	France (Hauts-de-France)
Termini	Lille Hirson
History
Opened	1869 - 1872
Technical
Line length	123 km (76 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Fives–Hirson railway is a double tracked electrified railway line linking Lille-Flandres with Hirson.

History

The line opened in stages:^[1]

Aulnoye to Hirson, 30 October 1869
Lille to Gare de Valenciennes, 22 June 1870
Valenciennes to Aulnoye, 1 September 1872

Infrastructure

Electrification was complete by 1958. The line uses automatic block signalling (BAL, Bloc Automatique Lumineux).

References

^ "Rapports et délibérations - Nord, Conseil général". Gallica. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

50°16′15″N 3°35′15″E / 50.2707°N 3.5874°E / 50.2707; 3.5874