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Fives Hirson Railway

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Status
  
Open

Line length
  
123 km (76 mi)

Owner
  
SNCF (1938–)

Opened
  
1869 - present

Number of tracks
  
Double track

Terminis
  
Hirson, Somain, Nord

Locale
  
France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Track gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge

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

Contents

History

The line opened in stages:

  • 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

    Fives-Hirson Railway Wikipedia