Tremblois-lès-Rocroi–Petite-Chapelle railway

Tremblois-lès-Rocroi–Petite-Chapelle
Technical
Line length17 km (11 mi)
Track gaugeUntil 1903: 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
after 1903: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Route map


Former route of the track (purple)

Time table of the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes, May 1914[1]

Legend
km
from Charleville-Mézières
0
 Tremblois-lès-Rocroi
to Revigny
8
 Bourg-Fidèle
10
 Sainte Philomène[1]
12
 Rocroi
13
 Hiraumont
Border France/Belgium
17
 Petite-Chapelle
to Chimay
to Couvin near Mariembourg

The Tremblois-lès-Rocroi–Petite-Chapelle railway was a 17 kilometres (11 miles) long narrow gauge and later metre gauge railway in the north of France, the first section of which was put into service in 1895. It operated until 1950.[2]

History

The first, 12 km long section from Tremblois-lès-Rocroi to Rocroi line was built by the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes in 1897 as a narrow-gauge railway with the unusual gauge of 800 mm. In 1903, following a change in the law, the line was converted to metre gauge. It was extended across the border to Petite-Chapelle in Belgium in 1905 and operated until 1950.[2]

Stations

  • Tremblois-lès-Rocroi train station
    Tremblois-lès-Rocroi train station
  • Petit Chapelle train station
    Petit Chapelle train station

References

  1. ^ a b Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes. Le Tremblois a Petite-Chapelle. May 1914.
  2. ^ a b Archéologie ferroviaire − Atlas des lignes de chemins de fer disparues. Tremblois-lès-Rocroi–Petite-Chapelle Version 2.

49°51′04″N 4°30′10″E / 49.85106°N 4.50274°E / 49.85106; 4.50274 (Bahnhof Tremblois-lès-Rocroi)