Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway

Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway
	Route on a 1920s map
Overview
System	SNCF
Status	Operational
Locale	France Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Termini	Les Fontinettes, Calais; Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkirk
Operation
Opened	1876
Owner	RFF
Operator(s)	SNCF
Technical
Line length	41.159 km (25.575 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC Overhead[1]
Route map
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The Coudekerque-Branche–Fontinettes railway runs along the English Channel and North Sea coast of France from a junction near Gare de Coudekerque-Branche in Dunkirk to a junction near Gare des Fontinettes in Calais. It is 41.159 kilometres (25.575 miles) long and AC electrified single track for much of its length, except for the first 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from Dunkirk which is double track electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz. Line speeds are from 80 km/h (50 mph) to 120 km/h (75 mph).

The line and a former station at Pont-d'Oye

There is a movable bridge over the Aa at Gravelines to allow navigation of the river.

As of August 2011, an irregular service of 3 to 5 trains run each day.[2]

History

The line was built by Compagnie du Nord-Est and opened 10 August 1876. Operations were transferred on 5 June 1883 to Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord.

The whole length of the line was doubled in 1915, to be resingled along much of its length in 1960. The first ten kilometres of the line from Coudekerque was electrified in 1962 and the marshalling yard (triage de Grande-Synthe) at Grande-Sythe built between 1962 and 1965.

Plans to electrify the line were completed by 2015.[3]

Notes

Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome 1 NORD. Germany: Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2015. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.
Dunkerque-Calais timetable (in French)
Les TER plus nombreux et plus rapides vers Calais, et davantage de TER-GV entre Dunkerque et Lille - La Voix du Nord - 11.04.2011 - Bruno Verheyde (in French)

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References

"La Vie du rail" (in French) (1539). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Blier, Gérard (May 1993). Nouvelle géographie ferroviaire de la France (in French) (Éditions La Vie du Rail ed.).
Lartilleux, Henri (January 1955). Géographie universelle des transports (in French). Tome 1: Géographie des chemins de fer français. Librairie Chaix.

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[S+W-1] Atlas ferroviaire de la France Tome 1 NORD. Germany: Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2015. ISBN 978-3-89494-143-7.

[2] Dunkerque-Calais timetable (in French)

[3] Les TER plus nombreux et plus rapides vers Calais, et davantage de TER-GV entre Dunkerque et Lille - La Voix du Nord - 11.04.2011 - Bruno Verheyde (in French)