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Wasigny–Mézières railway

Coordinates: 49°37′25″N 4°20′54″E / 49.62361°N 4.34826°E / 49.62361; 4.34826 (Wasigny station)
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Wasigny–Mézières
Wasigny-La Neuville station


Mézières

Time table, May 1914
Technical
Line length43 km (27 mi)
Track gaugeUntil 1908: 800 mm (2 ft 7+12 in)
After 1908: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Route map

km
from Amagne
0
Wasigny
2
Wasigny
halt
3
La Neuville-lès-Wasigny
7
Lalobbe
7
Norguemont
12
Signy-l'Abbaye
21
Thin-le-Moutier
26
Warby
28
Clavy
33
Neuville-lès-This
35
This
36
Sury
39
Praele
41
Prix
43
Mézières
Mézières-Port
Goods station

The Wasigny–Mézières railway was a 43 kilometres (27 miles) long narrow gauge and metre gauge railway line in the north of France, which was put into service in sections from 1897 and operated until 1948.[1]

Route

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The secondary railway line of the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes ran from Wasigny via Signy-l'Abbaye to Mézières in walking distance to the Mohon(fr) und Charleville-Mézières stations.

History

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The Wasigny–Signy section was opened in 1897 as a narrow-gauge railway with the unusual gauge of 800 mm for military reasons, and was only converted to metre gauge when the metre-gauge Signy–Mézières section was built, which opened in 1908. The railway operated until 1948.[1][2][3]

Stations

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References

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49°37′25″N 4°20′54″E / 49.62361°N 4.34826°E / 49.62361; 4.34826 (Wasigny station)