Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville railway

The railway from Paris-Est to Mulhouse-Ville is a 491-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to Mulhouse via Troyes, Chaumont and Belfort, France. The railway was opened in several stages between 1848 and 1858.^[2]

Paris-Est - Mulhouse-Ville railway
The railway at Longueville, Seine-et-Marne
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	SNCF
Locale	France (Île-de-France, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)
Termini	Gare de l'Est, Paris Gare de Mulhouse
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1848–1858
Technical
Line length	491 km (305 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	partly 25 kV 50 Hz[1]
Route map Legend km 0.0 Paris-Est 000.0 RER E to Haussmann–Saint-Lazare 2.6 Petite Ceinture 4.5 Pantin Grande Ceinture to Argenteuil 8.9 Noisy-le-Sec 9.0 Paris–Strasbourg railway to Strasbourg 11.2 Rosny-Bois-Perrier 12.6 Rosny-sous-Bois 14.5 Val de Fontenay RER A 16.3 Nogent-Le Perreux 16.9 Marne River 17.5 Grande Ceinture to Valenton 18.5 Les Boullereaux-Champigny Grande ceinture complémentaire 20.7 Villiers-sur-Marne- Le Plessis-Trévise 23.8 Les Yvris-Noisy-le-Grand 27.2 Émerainville- Pontault-Combault 29.9 Roissy-en-Brie 34.2 Ozoir-la-Ferrière 38.3 Gretz-Armainvilliers 38.4 to Coulommiers 52.5 Verneuil-l'Étang 58.3 Mormant 69.3 Nangis 87.6 to Provins 88.2 Longueville 94.5 to Montereau 110.3 Nogent-sur-Seine 113.3 River Seine 128.7 Romilly-sur-Seine to Sens to Châlons-en-Champagne 166.2 Troyes to Châtillon-sur-Seine to Brienne-le-Château to Saint-Florentin 199.0 Vendeuvre 220.6 Bar-sur-Aube 249.5 to Châtillon-sur-Seine 260.1 to Saint-Dizier 261.8 Chaumont 296.9 Langres 307.6 Culmont-Chalindrey to Dijon 311.6 to Nancy 346.4 Jussey 381.0 Vesoul 409.8 to Épinal 411.0 Lure 421.1 Ronchamp 427.2 Champagney 435.8 Bas-Évette to Giromagny Trois-Chênes 442.7 Belfort to Besançon-Viotte 444.2 to Delle 448.5 Chèvremont LGV Rhin-Rhône 454.3 Petit-Croix 456.8 Montreux-Vieux 459.6 Valdieu 464.9 Dannemarie 467.5 Ballersdorf 474.2 Altkirch 477.3 Walheim 478.8 Tagolsheim 481.2 Illfurth 484.1 Zillisheim 485.0 Flaxlanden 487.5 Brunstatt 489.6 Hasenrain 490.1 to Strasbourg & Thann 490.9 Mulhouse Müllheim–Mulhouse railway to Müllheim, Germany to Mulhouse-Nord Strasbourg–Basel railway to Basel, Switzerland km This diagram: view talk edit

Route

The Paris–Mulhouse railway leaves the Gare de l'Est in Paris in eastern direction. At Noisy-le-Sec, where the Paris–Strasbourg railway branches off, it turns south. It crosses the river Marne at Nogent-sur-Marne, and turns southeast. Near Gouaix it reaches the river Seine, and follows this river upstream, until Nogent-sur-Seine on its right bank, then on its left bank, roughly southeastward. At Troyes it crosses the Seine again, and turns east.

It enters the Aube valley near Jessains, and continues upstream along Bar-sur-Aube. It leaves the Aube and enters the upper Marne valley at Chaumont. It passes Langres and the railway junction Culmont-Chalindrey, where it crosses the line Nancy–Dijon. It reaches the river Saône at Jussey, and follows it downstream until Port-sur-Saône, where it turns southeast to reach Vesoul. It turns east, passing Lure, Belfort, Dannemarie and Altkirch. Here it turns northeast and enters its terminus Mulhouse.

Main stations

The main stations on the Paris–Mulhouse railway are:

• Gare de l'Est, Paris
• Gare de Troyes
• Gare de Culmont-Chalindrey
• Gare de Belfort
• Gare de Mulhouse

History

The construction and exploitation of a railway from Paris to Mulhouse was conceded to the newly formed Chemins de fer de l'Est in 1853.^[3] The first section that was opened in 1848 led from Flamboin-Gouaix to Troyes, and was part of a railway from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Troyes. The section from Paris to Noisy-le-Sec was opened in 1849, as a part of the Paris–Strasbourg railway. In 1856 a line from Noisy-le-Sec to Nogent-sur-Marne was built. The sections between Nogent-sur-Marne and Flamboin-Gouaix, between Troyes and Langres, and between Dannemarie and Mulhouse were opened in 1857. Finally in 1858 the section between Langres and Dannemarie was opened.^[2]

Services

The Paris–Mulhouse railway is used by the following passenger services:

• TGV on the section from Paris to Noisy-le-Sec
• TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and TER Grand Est regional services on the whole line
• Transilien regional services on the section between Paris and Longueville
• RER E Paris rapid transit on the section between Paris and Gretz-Armainvilliers