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Simplon - The Passenger Ship Website -
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Chinon - Richelieu Chemins de fer Chinon-Richelieu en Touraine: 1974-2004 All images link to larger copies which will open in a new window/tab |
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This page shows postcards and images of the French
tourist line Chemins de fer Chinon - Richelieu en Touraine,
which ran between these towns between 1974-2004, when access to
the tracks was ceased due to the state of the track. In latter
years it had run between Ligré-Rivière and Richelieu only. It
was hoped the tracks could be improved but this was not possible
and the stock is being moved to Thouars with the aim of running
to Loudun from 2015. The Chinon-Richelieu was used for over 70
film and TV productions including Tess with Peter Firth and
Natasha Kinski.
The line was opened on September 7th 1884, but was closed in 1937 to passengers and replaced by buses. However it seems that local protests ensured that a service by Billard railcar was maintained until 1960. I visited the line in 1981 when it was operated with SNCF 040_TA_137 (0-8-0T). Website:- www.train-vapeur-thouarsais.fr Map of the route  |
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