Line of Tarentaise
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The line of Tarentaise is an important axis of the French Alps, which connects Saint-Pierre-with Albigny (in the Combe of Savoy, on the axis of Maurienne) to Borough-Saint-Maurice. Serving one of the largest concentrations of winter sports resorts of the world, she is traversed by many TGV the winter, which is for the third time added and to a light screen of local trains of freight.
She constitutes the line n° 899000 of RFN.
History of the line
Startups
- October 27th 1879: of Saint-Pierre-with Albigny with Albertville
- 1 {{er}} June 1893: from Albertville with Moûtiers
- November 20th 1913: of Moûtiers with Borough-Saint-Maurice
Description of the line
It is a line of mountain, with declivities (slopes) important of Moûtiers with Borough-Saint-Maurice.It was the subject of a heavy modernization at the end of the Années 1980 in order to increase its capacity and its characteristics of exploitation for the Winter Olympics of 1992: electrification, given in service or lengthening of avoidances, resumption of indication…
See too
Related article
- List of the railway lines of France
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