Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway

The Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway was a 71 km (44 mi) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway from Condé-sur-Vire via Granville to Avranches in the Manche department of the Normandy region, which operated from 1908 to 1935.

Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway
Passage of the Tramway at Pignon Butor
Technical
Line length	71 km (44.12 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Route map Legend km (mi) Condé-Granville tramway from Condé-sur-Vire 0 (0) Granville and shunting yard (Gare de Triage)[1][2][3] Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Jullouville Vallée des Peintres[4] Carrolles plage Carolles Champeaux Saint-Jean-le-Thomas Dragey-Tissey Genêts Le Fougeray Vains - Saint-Léonard Vains Marcey-les-Grèves Avranches-Ouest La Sée Bahnstrecke Granville–Rennes 33 (20) Avranches-État[5] Pont-sous-Avranches Tirepied Vernix Le Petit-Celland Brécey Cuves Le Mesnil-Gilbert Chérencé-le-Roussel Perier-Brouains 71 (44) Sourdeval

History

The line opened in 1908, at a similar time as the Condé-Granville tramway and the Coutances-Lessay metre gauge railway. These lines were operated by the Société des Chemins de Fer de la Manche (CFM) until 1935.^[6][7]