The Sedan–Corbion–Bouillon–Paliseul railway (French: La ligne du Bouillonais) was a long cross-border metre gauge railway in northeastern France and southwestern Belgium, commissioned in sections from 1890 and operated until 1933 and 1957/1960, respectively.Archéologie ferroviaire − Atlas des lignes de chemins de fer disparues. Version 2.
History The French Sedan-Corbion section, also known as La Bouillonais,Ligne Sedan-Corbion dite du Bouillonais. was built by the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes in 1910 as a metre-gauge railway and operated until 1933.
The Belgian Bouillon-Paliseul section was 15.290 km long. It was concessioned on 18 December 1888 and put into service on 12 October 1890 by the Belgian National Company of Light Railways (Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux, SNCV). It followed the course of the roads from Noirefontaine to Menuchenet (today's N89) and from Menuchenet to Paliseul (today's N899) just west of the Menuchenet crossroads. The climb from Bouillon to Noirefontaine was on a separate, particularly winding route.Benoît Strepenne: La ligne SNCV 34 de Paliseul vers Nollevaux, Bellevaux, Noirefontaine et Bouillon. In: Le tram à Saint-Hubert.
The intervening Corbion-Bouillon section passed through a tunnel and was opened in 1907. Passenger traffic ceased in 1957 and freight traffic in 1960.
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