Asfeld-Montcornet railway

The Asfeld-Montcornet railway was a 44 kilometres (27 miles) long, metre gauge railway in northeastern France, commissioned in 1909 and operated until 1957.

Asfeld–Montcornet
Dizy-le-Gros train station
Technical
Line length	44 km (27 mi)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Route map km from Guignicourt 0 Asfeld to Rethel Juzancourt(fr) Saint-Germainmont Le Thour Nizy-le-Comte Saint-Quentin-le-Petit Sévigny/Waleppe Dizy-le-Gros to Saint-Erme Le Thuel from Wasigny Renneville/Berlise Noircourt Montloué from Liart 44 Montcornet to Laon to Marle

Route of the line

22 km of the line ran in the département of Ardennes and 22 km in the département of Aisne.

History

The Asfeld-Montcornet metre-gauge railway was built by the Chemins de fer départementaux des Ardennes in 1909 and operated until 1957. During the harvest season in the summer of 1914, eight regular trains ran daily on the Asfeld-Montcornet line for the transport of sugar beet.[3] The line was used for the transport of sugar beet.

Stations

• 
  Saint-Germainmont
• 
  Le Thour
• 
  Nizy-le-Comte
• 
  Sévigny-Waleppe
• 
  Berlise
• 
  Noircourt
• 
  Montloué
• 
  Montcornet