Paris–Strasbourg railway
The railway line between Paris and Strasbourg is an electrified main line in France, which connects the cities of Paris and Strasbourg each other. The section from Paris Gare de l' Est to Noisy -le -Sec is part of the railway line Paris -Mulhouse, which bears the number 001 000.
History
In 1845, the " Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg ", which later Chemin de Fer de l' Est was awarded the concession to build a railway line from Paris to Strasbourg with branches from Epernay to Reims and of Frouard to Metz. On July 5, 1849, was opened to Meaux, first, the section from Paris's Gare de l' Est ( East Station ). There were other pieces, so on May 29, 1851, the section of Sarrebourg to Strassburg. On August 12, 1852, the entire route could be traveled with the commissioning of the section from Nancy to Sarrebourg.
After the completion of the German - French war in 1871, the section Sarrebourg -Strasbourg came under the administration of the newly formed Kingdom of railway Alsace- Lorraine. Today, this is still at the same level as free track changes in Sarrebourg ( German: Saar castle ) to see where the operation changes from left- to right-hand traffic. After the end of the First World War in 1918 where this section again fell under French administration and was operated by the Réseau ferroviaire d' Alsace-Lorraine. With the establishment of the SNCF on 1 January 1938, the railway line between Paris and Strasbourg came into the administration of the French state.
Beginning on 17 December 1956 with the Sarrebourg -Strasbourg section all the way to May 22, 1962, 25 kV, 50 Hz AC was electrified.
Operation
The Paris-Strasbourg line is expanded to double track. She served from the beginning to the long distance service. So also the Orient Express made its way through this route. Today, the fast long-distance traffic on the LGV Est européenne leads. Until the completion of the second phase use the TGV trains from Sarrebourg but still the old route. From Strasbourg, the long-distance transport via the Europe train both to Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart and Munich. Since 2011, the TGV ride from Paris to Basel and Zurich over the LGV Rhin -Rhône, which shortened the journey time by 30 minutes.
Gallery
Western tunnel mouth at Arzviller with Canal de la Marne au Rhin and track the Treidelbahn
TGV train station in Strasbourg