Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway

The Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway was a 71 km (44 mi) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge railway from Condé-sur-Vire via Granville to Avranches in the Manche department of the Normandy region, which operated from 1908 to 1935.

Granville-Avranches-Sourdeval tramway
Passage of the Tramway at Pignon Butor
Technical
Line length71 km (44.12 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Route map

km (mi)
0 (0)
Granville
and shunting yard (Gare de Triage)[1][2][3]
Saint-Pair-sur-Mer
Jullouville
Vallée des Peintres[4]
Carrolles plage
Carolles
Champeaux
Saint-Jean-le-Thomas
Dragey-Tissey
Genêts
Le Fougeray
Vains - Saint-Léonard
Vains
Marcey-les-Grèves
Avranches-Ouest
La Sée
Bahnstrecke Granville–Rennes
33 (20)
Avranches-État[5]
Pont-sous-Avranches
Tirepied
Vernix
Le Petit-Celland
Brécey
Cuves
Le Mesnil-Gilbert
Chérencé-le-Roussel
Perier-Brouains
71 (44)
Sourdeval

History

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The line opened in 1908, at a similar time as the Condé-Granville tramway and the Coutances-Lessay metre gauge railway. These lines were operated by the Société des Chemins de Fer de la Manche (CFM) until 1935.[6][7]

References

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48°50′12″N 1°36′09″W / 48.83653194917484°N 1.602469970145911°W / 48.83653194917484; -1.602469970145911 (Granville)