The Réseau de la Woëvre was a long metre-gauge rail network that operated from 1914 to 1938 in France. A branch line to Commercy branched off from the 61 km Verdun-Montmédy main line at Vaux-devant-Damloup.Henri Domengie: Les petits trains de jadis : L'Est de la France, Breil-sur-Roya. Éditions du Cabri, 1992.
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."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.
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 .
There were four sections:
Metre gauge Verdun - Vaux-devant-Damloup - Montmédy (61 km), opened in 1914, closed in 1938Approximate route Verdun–Vaux-devant-Damloup–Montmédy on Google Maps. Vaux-devant-Damloup - Commercy (66 km), opened 1914, closed 1938Approximate route Vaux-devant-Damloup – Commercy on Google Maps. Standard gauge Robert-Espagne - Haironville (11 km), opened 1933, closed 1971 Aubréville - Varenne-en-Argonne (11 km), opened in 1918, closed in 1937FAQS: Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Économiques.
Stations and bridges
Stations and bridges Photos ConditionMontmédy-Ville preservedLouppy-Remoiville Brandeville Bréhéville Lissey Damvillers Moirey-Flabas Azannes Vaux-devant-Damloup Fleury-devant-Douaumont Meuse, Pont de la Galavaude Verdun Stations and bridges Photos ConditionVaux-devant-Damloup Eix-Abaucourt Manheulles preservedFresnes-en-Woëvre Combres preservedThillot preservedVigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel preservedBuxières Boncourt-sur-Meuse Canal de l'Est Commercy
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