Martigny–Châtelard Railway

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 38 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.

Martigny–Châtelard Railway
Overview
TypePart rack railway
LocaleValais
Technical
Line length19 km (11.8 mi)
Track gaugeMetre (3 ft 3 38 in)
Electrification830 V DC Overhead line
Maximum inclineadhesion 7%
Rack 20%
Rack systemStrub
Route map

km
elev
TrMB to Martigny–Bourg
0.0
Martigny
467 m
1.145
Les Fumeaux
460 m
3.914
Vernayaz
457 m
depot and workshop
Buvette (83 m)
Bourgout (132 m)
Charbons (419 m)
7.403
Salvan
934 m
Marécottes (63 m)
8.814
Les Marécottes
1030 m
9.348
La Médettaz
1040 m
Triège (153 m)
10.567
Le Trétien
1059 m
Petit-Lachat (12 m)
Grand-Lachat (580 m)
13.945
Finhaut
1224 m
Revenez (49 m)
Grosse-Larze (82 m)
Balayé (180 m)
Bébolaz (50 m)
Châtelaret (143 m)
16.678
Le Châtelard, funicular to Parc
d'Attractions du Châtelard
1226 m
Châtelard covered gallery (17 m)
18.072
Le Châtelard-Frontière
border station to France
1116 m
18.363
36.615
Châtelard (143 m)
34.115
Vallorcine
1260 m
Source: Swiss railway atlas[1]
Share of the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Martigny au Châtelard, issued February 1923

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 (Swiss railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2012. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.


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