Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway

Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac)
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie)
Termini	Gare de Brive-la-Gaillarde; Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau
Stations	25
Operation
Opened	1858-1864
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	248 km (154 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Not electrified
Route map
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The Brive-la-Gaillarde - Toulouse (via Capdenac) railway is a 248-kilometre French railway line that connects the rural areas between Brive-la-Gaillarde and the large southern city of Toulouse via Figeac and Capdenac. The railway was opened in several stages between 1858 and 1864.[2]

Route

The Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse railway leaves the Gare de Brive-la-Gaillarde in a southeastern direction, towards Gare de Saint-Denis-près-Martel. Here, the line to Gare d'Aurillac leaves in an easterly direction and the preserved line to Martel in a westerly direction. The line soon crosses the River Dordogne and follows the valley for a short while before it opens out into flat land. The Gare de Figeac is on two curves, where the line from Gare d'Aurillac joins. Shortly after leaving Figeac the railway travels through a 1.3 km tunnel and then travels alongside the River Lot and the preserved railway from Cahors joins; but this line has been disused since 2003. At Gare de Capdenac the line to Gare de Rodez leaves in an easterly direction. The line continues south from here, where after 95 km the line from Gare d'Albi and Gare de Rodez join at Gare de Tessonnières, although most interchanges are made at Gare de Gaillac. From here the line twists and turns around the River Tarn until Gare de Saint-Sulpice-sur-Tarn where the river heads northwest. At Saint-Sulpice the line from Gare de Castres joins and the former line to Montauban leaves. The line continues a further 30 km before arriving at its southern terminus of Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau.

Main stations

The main stations on the Brive - Toulouse railway are:

Gare de Brive-la-Gaillarde
Gare de Figeac
Gare de Capdenac
Gare de Gaillac
Gare de Saint-Sulpice-sur-Tarn
Gare de Toulouse-Matabiau

History

The first section that was opened in 1858 led from Lexos to Capdenac. Capdenac and Brive-la-Gaillarde were connected in 1862. Finally, the line was extended from Lexos to Toulouse in 1864.[2]

Before the opening of this line in 1864, trains between Paris and Toulouse would travel via Tours and Bordeaux. The line remained the main link between Paris and Toulouse until 1891 when the Brive–Cahors section of the Orléans–Montauban railway was opened.

In 2010 a complete renewal of all the ballast between Capdenac and Tessonnières (95 km) took place.

Accident

On 3 August 1985 at 3:48 p.m., at the height of Flaujac-Gare, there was a serious train accident involving a Corail intercity train towards Assier and a train towards Gramat.

Services

The Brive–Toulouse railway is used by the following passenger services:

Lunéa night trains from Paris to Albi on the section between Brive and Capdenac
TER Auvergne, TER Limousin and TER Occitanie regional services on the whole line

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References

"RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011.
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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[1] "RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011.

[Statistique-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.