ELIMINATION OF LEVEL CROSSINGS ON THE STRASBOURG-BASLE LINE IN THE HAUT-RHIN DEPARTMENT

SUR LA LIGNE STRASBOURG-BASLE SUPPRESSION DES PASSAGES A NIVEAU DANS LE DEPARTMENT DU HAUT-RHIN

The Assistant Regional Manager of the SNCF who is the author of this article gives brief historical details of the routing and the construction of the Strasbourg-Basle line across the plain on the left bank of the Rhine which is a particularly fertile and much parcelled out part of the country. This situation and the large number of tracks crossing the line involved the construction of many level crossings (236 between Strasbourg and Basle), and the policy followed subsequently has been to eliminate these level crossings progressively. The final phase has now been reached with the section across the Haut-Rhin department up to Mulhouse, which is being dealt with globally. It is expected that by 1976 the remaining 48 level crossings will have been closed and replaced by 24 new structures.

• Corporate Authors:

  Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais

  92 rue Bonaparte
  75 Paris 6e,   France 
• Authors:
  • Cailliez, R
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • REVUE GENERALE DES CHEMINS DE FER

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad grade crossings
• Identifier Terms: Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053832
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 20 1976 12:00AM