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(Redirected from Chemin de fer Martigny–Châtelard) Narrow gauge railway line in canton of Valais, Switzerland
Martigny–Châtelard Railway
Overview
LocaleValais
Service
TypePart rack railway
Technical
Line length19 km (11.8 mi)
Rack systemStrub
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification850 V DC Overhead line (3rd rail on rack sections)
Maximum inclineadhesion 7%
Rack 20%
Route map

Legend
km elev
from Brig
MO to Sembrancher
Orsières/Le Châble
TrMB to Martigny–Bourg
0.0 km
0 mi
Martigny 467 m
to Lausanne
1.1 km
0.7 mi
Les Fumeaux 460 m
3.9 km
2.4 mi
Vernayaz MC 457 m
depot and workshop
Buvette (83 m)
Bourgout (132 m)
Charbons (419 m)
7.4 km
4.6 mi
Salvan 934 m
Marécottes (63 m)
8.8 km
5.5 mi
Les Marécottes 1030 m
9.4 km
5.8 mi
La Médettaz 1040 m
Triège (153 m)
10.6 km
6.6 mi
Le Trétien 1059 m
Petit-Lachat (12 m)
Grand-Lachat (580 m)
13.9 km
8.6 mi
Finhaut 1224 m
Revenez (49 m)
Grosse-Larze (82 m)
Balayé (180 m)
Bébolaz (50 m)
Châtelaret (143 m)
17.0 km
10.6 mi
Le Châtelard VS 1226 m
Châtelard covered gallery (17 m)
18.1 km
11.2 mi
Le Châtelard-Frontière
border station to France
1116 m
18.4 km
11.4 mi
/
36.6 km
22.7 mi
Switzerland
France
Châtelard (143 m)
34.1 km
21.2 mi
Vallorcine 1260 m
continuing as
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway
Source: Swiss railway atlas
Share of the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Martigny au Châtelard, issued February 1923

The Martigny–Châtelard Railway, abbreviated MC, French Chemins de fer Martigny–Châtelard, is a 19 km (11.8 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge rack railway in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The transport company "Chemin de fer de Martigny–Châtelard" merged in 2001, the resulting Transports de Martigny et Régions now markets this line and the connecting Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway as Mont-Blanc Express.

Contact with the other networks

Rolling stock

  • 2 Z 800 105-seater electric multiple units, delivered in 1997 (???) by ADTranz and Vevey Technologies, in the context of a joint purchase with the Ligne de Saint Gervais - Vallorcine. This 1000 kW stock, composed of two motorcars, could run at 70 km/h (43.5 mph); it is equipped with a rack and pinion system and pantographs (in addition to the third rail collector shoe), so that it could perform direct runs to Vallorcine and beyond without the need to change trains.

Merger with MO

This transport company merged 2001 with the Martigny–Orsières Railway and is now known as "Transports de Martigny et Régions".

See also

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.

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