Andelot line - the Cluse

The Andelot line - the Cluse is a railway the Jura French, connecting Andelot on the main roads Dijon - Vallorbe with the Cluse on the Ligne of Haut-Bugey, future direct axis Paris-Geneva. Located at horse on the areas Franche-Comté and the Rhone-Alps, the traffic FOR THE THIRD TIME is organized by each of the two areas. The line is called “ line of the swallows ” on the inhabitant of Franche-Compt3e part.

The line of the swallows

It is the section of line connecting Dole to Saint-Claude via Morez in the the Jura.

In the Years 1860, top-Jurassic the, eager ones to leave their insulation as fast as possible, decided to take part in the financing of the line.

The poetic name of this line is inspired by the grace and of the beauty of its Viaduc S. Indeed, the tormented relief of the High-Jura imposed the construction of many works of art: 36 Tunnel S and 18 viaducts. Fact, the realization of the line took several decades, between 1862 and 1912, and cost nearly a gold franc million per kilometer.

Some figures:

the line 123 km is long;
its culminating point is located at 948 m, at the exit of the tunnel of Savine , which allows the crossing of the collar of the same name. It 2080 m is long, for uneven of 46 m;
the slope of Mesnay presents a very strong declivity: 20 mm/m;
the tunnel of Frasses , length 1044 m, is in the almost closed horseshoe shape.

The line serves many industries: Sawmill S of Grandvaux, Steel-works S and Cement factory S with Champagnole, forging mills with Syam, spectacle industries in the sector of Morez. During its first century of existence, she thus played a major economic part

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