Line of Vincennes

The line of Vincennes is a French line of Railroad open starting from the September 22nd 1859, which connected to its apogee the Gare of the Bastille, Paris to Verneuil-l' Étang via Vincennes and made 54,1 kilometers length.

History of the line

The line of Vincennes was proposed to fill the absence of railroads between the line PLM, which pass by Melun and begin with Gare de Lyon, and the line of Troyes, which begins with Gare from the East and passes by Verneuil-l' Étang and Longueville. The company of the railroads from Paris to Strasbourg thus obtains by imperial decree of August 17th 1853 the concession of the line, intended to serve the Méandre S of the Marne in Seine-et-Oise until the Gare of the Game preserve - Chennevières. Vis-a-vis success met, the company decided to prolong the line on several occasions, first of all until the Gare of Sucy - Bonneuil on September 5th, 1872 then until Boissy-Saint-Leger on July 9th, 1874, to reach Brie-Count-Robert on August 5th, 1875. In spite of the opposition of the company, the line was prolonged last once until Verneuil-l' Étang, on the line of Paris with Troyes, on July 1st, 1892. In 1893, the line was prolonged until Marles-in-Brie but under another name of line.

From the years 1920, the Compagnie of the Subway of Paris started to think of the consequences of the urbanization of the Parisian suburbs, territory on which the subway could not reach, because of its gauge. It was thus proposed to prolong the suburban lines inside the capital. The priority was given to the Ligne of Seals which became the prototype of this embryo of the RER, while the line of Vincennes was maintained in a state of under investment, keeping for example its steam trains. Consequently, its frequentation decreased, and its rural section was gradually closed with the passenger traffic: as of the summer 1939 for the section Brie-Count-Robert - Verneuil-l' Pond and in 1958 for the Boissy-Saint-Leger section - Brie-Count-Robert. The activity of this section consequently was strictly limited to the goods traffic.

The projects of the RER having been started again during the years 1950, were then decided the electrification and the transformation of the section suburbs of the line to integrate it into what became the line thereafter has the RER. However, it was decided to give up the station of Bastille, in order to insert the trains in Paris since Vincennes directly by Nation. July 14th, 1969, shortly after midnight, the last train left the station of the Bastille for Boissy-Saint-Leger, and at the time of the service of the morning the RER was set up, at the time on the Nation section - Boissy-Saint-Leger only, thus marking the end of the line of Vincennes.

If a goods traffic will perdura on certain portions of the rural section of the line, the Bastille section - Vincennes was it quickly unused. Its viaduct of the place of the Bastille to the Porte of Montempoivre in Paris was transformed into green casting, the planted Promenade. With the beginning of the year 1990 the totality of the line was definitively deposited and closed with any traffic, while within the framework of the interconnection East the south-eastern TGV borrow the layout of the line of Vincennes from Villecresnes.

The line today

Today, the old influences of the line are occupied by the RER has between the stations of Vincennes and Boissy-Saint-Leger.

The following list details the installations carried out on the whole of the course:

the Gare of the Bastille is destroyed and replaced by the Opéra Bastille;
its viaduct of the place of the Bastille to the Porte of Montempoivre in Paris was transformed into green casting, the planted Promenade;
between the Door of Montempoivre and the RER has, the line is abandoned;
between the stations of Vincennes and Boissy-Saint-Leger is the RER has;
a green casting and a course of health are installed in the crossing of Limeil-Brévannes until the site of old the station. The way is always present because it is covered with ground;
then is located the influence of the line interconnection Is TGV into air in the forest and in underground in the crossing of Villecresnes what has allowed to create a green casting in the commune of Villecresnes. It is about the only realization of the green casting which connects the Lac of Creteil to Santeny;
starting from the Midnight supper, the line interconnection Is deviates from the line of Vincennes. This one is transformed into way to old the gate-keeper (destroyed) of the way of the Mount-Ézard. Then, the line is abandoned but a way the longe until Mandres-the-Pinks;
the old line was rehabilitated in teaching way within the framework of discovered zones périurbaines of Mandres and Périgny until old the station;
the layout is then more difficult until the Gare of Brie-Count-Robert because the agricultural activities, industrial and tertiary were installed on the influence of the way and several roads borrow its layout;
starting from Brie-Count-Robert, the line is arranged in green casting until Verneuil-l' Étang. A first phase was carried out between Brie-Count-Robert and the Gare of Coubert - Soignolles. One second phase must be realized until Verneuil.

The line and the cinema

The line was used for five films:

Subdued-Hari agent H 21 where the station of the Bastille was used as decoration to illustrate the station of North when Mata Hari accompanies back the Lasalle captain who must set out again towards the face.
Sunday of the life where the station of the Bastille is used as point to arrive at Valentine.
I killed Raspoutine where the station of the Bastille illustrates the station of Saint-Pétersbourg. Prince Youssoupof brings his wife who must take refuge in the Crimea.
Deals with Amélie where the stations of Bastille and Reuilly is used as decoration for the departure of Etienne with the military service.
the Great Ramble where the station of Santeny-Servon is used as decoration for the stopping of the train at the station of VOUGEOT (meeting of the lunch in the restaurant car).

List stations

See too

Ligne has the RER
Ligne of Seals
Ligne of Paris with Saint-Germain-in-Bush hammer
planted Promenade

External bonds

the line of Vincennes on symbioz.net
photo report of the line before and today

Reference documents

Didier Leroy, the line of Vincennes, Unforgettable plumes - 2006 - Editions Life of the Rail - ISBN 2-915034-60-5

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