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Line length | 35 km (22 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
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The Guignicourt–Rethel railway was a 35 kilometres (22 miles) long narrow gauge and metre gauge railway in the north of France, commissioned in 1904/05. Three sections were closed in 1940, 1947 and 1961, while the remainder was re-gauged in 1971 and operated as a standard gauge railway until 1987.
The Guignicourt– Neufchâtel section of the secondary railway line of the Chemins de fer de la banlieue de Reims with a track gauge of 1000 mm was opened in 1904 and extended to Rethel in 1905.
The Évergnicourt- Vieux-lès-Asfeld section was closed in 1940, the Vieux-lès-Asfeld- Asfeld section in 1947 and the Asfeld-Rethel section finally in 1961. Only the remaining Guignicourt-Evergnicourt section was converted to standard gauge in 1917 and operated until 1987. [1]
Vignol rails with a weight per metre of 25 kg/m on wooden sleepers were used for the superstructure of the Rethel-Asfeld line, while Vignol rails with a weight per metre of 22 kg/m on wooden sleepers were used for the neighbouring Asfeld-Dizy metre-gauge line of the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes, which opened in 1909. [4]
In 1958, the following rolling stock was used on the line by the sugar factory at Acy-Romance:
Some German bogie wagons with an empty weight of 12 t and a carrying capacity of 20 t [4]
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The Guignicourt–Rethel railway was a 35 kilometres (22 miles) long narrow gauge and metre gauge railway in the north of France, commissioned in 1904/05. Three sections were closed in 1940, 1947 and 1961, while the remainder was re-gauged in 1971 and operated as a standard gauge railway until 1987.
The Guignicourt– Neufchâtel section of the secondary railway line of the Chemins de fer de la banlieue de Reims with a track gauge of 1000 mm was opened in 1904 and extended to Rethel in 1905.
The Évergnicourt- Vieux-lès-Asfeld section was closed in 1940, the Vieux-lès-Asfeld- Asfeld section in 1947 and the Asfeld-Rethel section finally in 1961. Only the remaining Guignicourt-Evergnicourt section was converted to standard gauge in 1917 and operated until 1987. [1]
Vignol rails with a weight per metre of 25 kg/m on wooden sleepers were used for the superstructure of the Rethel-Asfeld line, while Vignol rails with a weight per metre of 22 kg/m on wooden sleepers were used for the neighbouring Asfeld-Dizy metre-gauge line of the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes, which opened in 1909. [4]
In 1958, the following rolling stock was used on the line by the sugar factory at Acy-Romance:
Some German bogie wagons with an empty weight of 12 t and a carrying capacity of 20 t [4]