PontAuRail is an voluntary association created in 1995 to run trains between Pont-Audemer and Honfleur in France. A voluntary association or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, unincorporated association, or just an association) is a group Gare de Pont-Audemer is a railway station in the market town of Pont-Audemer, Eure in Normandie. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The group comprises approximately fifty voluntary members, of which twenty are active. An agreement, une convention signée, allows PontAuRail to use the line between Pont-Audemer and Honfleur on request on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank holidays. Pont-Audemer is a commune and the seat of a canton of the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern Honfleur is a commune in the Norman département of Calvados in France, located on the southern bank of the estuary A bank holiday is a Public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland.
The trip along the Risle valley lasts fifty-five minutes, including manoeuvers; closing of the semi-automatic level crossings in Pont-Audemer and shunting in Honfleur. The Risle (less common Rille) is a 144 km long river in Normandy, left tributary of the Seine. The term level crossing (also called a railroad crossing, road through railroad, railway crossing, train crossing or grade crossing Shunting is an event in the Neuron which occurs when an Excitatory postsynaptic potential and an Inhibitory postsynaptic potential are occurring close to
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PontauRail operates with two French Diesel multiple units, X2426 and X4555. SNCF ( Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company is a French public enterprise A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a Multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board Diesel SNCF 's X 2400 are a class of Railcars The 79 XABDP 2400 unifiés 600 hp were built from 1951 to 1955 The SNCF Class X 4500 Diesel multiple units were built by ANF between 1963-1970
- Railcar X2426 was officially decommissioned on 27 September 1987 in Limoges. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Saved from scrapping, it became the property of the Train Touristique du Cotentin until 1995 when it was purchased by the Risle Seine SIVOM to create pleasure railway service between Pont-Audemer and Honfleur. The Train Touristique du Cotentin is a Heritage railway and Voluntary association in Basse-Normandie, France. Pont-Audemer is a commune and the seat of a canton of the department of Eure in the Haute-Normandie region in northern Honfleur is a commune in the Norman département of Calvados in France, located on the southern bank of the estuary It remained parked in Gare de Carentan for a long time and then was vandalised in Gare de Pont-Audemer. Gare de Pont-Audemer is a railway station in the market town of Pont-Audemer, Eure in Normandie. It was then restored carefully and repainted in its original livery. The X2426 is now the property of PontAuRail following the dismantling of the SIVOM.
- DMU X4555 was entrusted to PontAuRail by the SNCF in 2004. A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a Multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board Diesel SNCF ( Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français) (French National Railway Company is a French public enterprise The X4555 was built in 1965 and allocated to Lyon Vaise on 10 November 1965. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. It was then moved to Nevers on 23 May 1971 then to Marseille on 9 June 1971 and finally to Longueau on 30 September 1982. Nevers ( Latin: Noviodunum, later Nevirnum and Nebirnum) is a commune of central France, the Préfecture Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) It was then decommissioned in September 2003. It ran services in 2005 in replacement of the X2426, which is less powerful than the X4555.
Stations
- Pont-Audemer
- Toutainville
- Saint-Maclou
- Beuzeville
- Quetteville
- La Rivière Saint-Sauveur
- Honfleur
External links
- (French) PontAuRail
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