Réseau de la Woëvre explained

Réseau de la Woëvre
Linelength:149km (93miles)
Map:
Former route superimposed onto a modern map[1] [2] [3] [4]
Metre gauge railway (lines),[5] narrow gauge railways
(broken lines)[6] and trench railways (dotted lines)

The Réseau de la Woëvre was a 149km (93miles) long metre-gauge rail network that operated from 1914 to 1938 in France. A 66km (41miles) branch line to Commercy branched off from the 61 km Verdun-Montmédy main line at Vaux-devant-Damloup.[7]

History

The network operator of the Réseau de la Woëvre was granted a concession for non-profit operation by a law of 13 June 1907, and began operating it in 1914.[8]

The Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques (SE) took over the operation in 1922. The company had opened its own network in 1914, shortly before the start of the First World War.

Route

The Réseau de la Woëvre, with a gauge of, was a railway network built in the department of Meuse and operated between 1914 and 1938 by the Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques (SE). It comprised a series of lines with a total length of 149km (93miles).

There were four sections:

Stations and bridges

Stations and bridges Photos Condition
preserved
Lissey
Fleury-devant-Douaumont
Meuse, Pont de la Galavaude
Stations and bridges Photos Condition
Vaux-devant-Damloup
preserved
preserved
preserved
preserved

References

49.2113°N 5.4747°W

Notes and References

  1. [:File:Verdun (Rive Droite) 1915 - Campagne 1914–1918 - Historique des 39e et 239e Régiments d’Artillerie de Campagne - Imprimerie J. Coubé et Fils, Nancy, 1934.jpg|''Verdun (Rive Droite) 1915,'' in ''Campagne 1914–1918 - Historique des 39<sup>e</sup> et 239<sup>e</sup> Régiments d’Artillerie de Campagne.'']
  2. https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b61076_924eee1acf044db898e81663a6bda7d9.jpg/v1/fill/w_828,h_350,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/b61076_924eee1acf044db898e81663a6bda7d9.webp Tronçon Vaux–Verdun
  3. http://ruedupetittrain.free.fr/cartes-departementales/Carte55.JPG Carte departementale, 55 Meuse
  4. https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/comparer/basic?x=5.474030&y=49.211469&z=15&layer1=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN50.1950&layer2=ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS.1950-1965&mode=doubleMap IGN map of 1950 and aerial photos from 1950 to 1965.
  5. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g5831s.ct004281/ Meuse-Argonne offensive, map showing daily position of front line : Map Room G-3, G.H.Q., 24. Mai 1919.
  6. http://lissey.e-monsite.com/pages/annexe/le-meusien/pendant-la-guerre.html Lissey – Pendant la guerre.
  7. Henri Domengie: Les petits trains de jadis : L'Est de la France, Breil-sur-Roya. Éditions du Cabri, 1992.
  8. "Loi declarant d'utilite publique l'etablissement, dans le departement de la Meuse, d'un reseau de chemins de fer d'iteret local, dit réseau de la Woëvre, compose des deux lignes de Verdun a Montmedy et de Commercy a Verdun." In: Bulletin des lois de la République française. 13 June 1907. Downloaded on 23 May 2021.
  9. https://www.google.de/maps/dir/Verdun,+55100,+Frankreich/Fleury-devant-Douaumont,+Frankreich/Vaux-devant-Damloup,+Frankreich/Azannes-et-Soumazannes,+Frankreich/Flabas/Damvillers,+55150,+Frankreich/Lissey,+Frankreich/Br%C3%A9h%C3%A9ville,+Frankreich/Louppy-sur-Loison,+55600,+Frankreich/Montm%C3%A9dy,+55600,+Frankreich/@49.3392979,5.2655139,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb1b941b25ebdd:0x40a5fb99a3acc40!2m2!1d5.3844231!2d49.1598764!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb1ef66a7994d7:0xbe5169917c08e4b7!2m2!1d5.4299111!2d49.19222!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb1fa4d5fc1703:0x40a5fb99a3acc90!2m2!1d5.4698088!2d49.2106456!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eae0e2c1fbaee5:0x40a5fb99a3ae810!2m2!1d5.466873!2d49.291057!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eae3c6e845653f:0xa0a5fbc41b793f0!2m2!1d5.39848!2d49.292765!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eae43ce6bc4a89:0x40a5fb99a3ae190!2m2!1d5.399975!2d49.342526!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eae53faaf1138f:0x40a5fb99a3ad9b0!2m2!1d5.346996!2d49.372938!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eafac97da3a74f:0x76fae35e49f7074e!2m2!1d5.329267!2d49.382658!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eaee2ad85b5121:0x8930cc487b6809e9!2m2!1d5.349163!2d49.445223!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eaed80cc8d96fb:0xb0051b5cd0d82d25!2m2!1d5.366609!2d49.519467!3e2 Approximate route Verdun–Vaux-devant-Damloup–Montmédy on Google Maps.
  10. https://www.google.de/maps/dir/55200+Commercy,+Frankreich/Boncourt-sur-Meuse,+Frankreich/Buxi%C3%A8res-sous-les-C%C3%B4tes,+Frankreich/Vigneulles-l%C3%A8s-Hattonch%C3%A2tel,+Frankreich/Thillot,+Frankreich/Combres-sous-les-C%C3%B4tes,+Frankreich/Fresnes-en-Wo%C3%ABvre,+Frankreich/Manheulles,+Frankreich/Abaucourt-Hautecourt,+55400,+Frankreich/Vaux-devant-Damloup,+Frankreich/@48.9869913,5.3124002,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb452c51c9ae97:0x40a5fb99a3ae2a0!2m2!1d5.592348!2d48.763802!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb45b41213f9a1:0x5c3f99a4eda38a4d!2m2!1d5.57157!2d48.802925!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb37d4ca8339a9:0x40a5fb99a3ae450!2m2!1d5.669977!2d48.914074!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb3151defdb07f:0x40a5fb99a3acc00!2m2!1d5.704032!2d48.981091!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb307d77c73d75:0x40a5fb99a3ace40!2m2!1d5.668837!2d49.027213!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb3ad4503103a3:0x40a5fb99a3ae2b0!2m2!1d5.622852!2d49.058787!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb2505b75cf05d:0x80791569ec61488f!2m2!1d5.631197!2d49.095837!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb246e816759bb:0x40a5fb99a3ad8b0!2m2!1d5.5974579!2d49.1113209!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb20f87ebe053f:0x40a5fb99a3ae920!2m2!1d5.5519729!2d49.1965693!1m5!1m1!1s0x47eb1fa4d5fc1703:0x40a5fb99a3acc90!2m2!1d5.4698088!2d49.2106456!3e2 Approximate route Vaux-devant-Damloup – Commercy on Google Maps.
  11. https://www.facs-patrimoine-ferroviaire.fr/histoire/les-chemins-de-fer-secondaires/liste/55 FAQS: Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques.

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