Villard-de-Lans – the town council approved the rack train project!

Villard-de-Lans, Isère, France.

On January 12th, 2006, the town council of Villard-de-Lans approved the project of the new rack train from Villard-de-Lans to the new ski resort, which will be built, end 2008, above Le Balcon de Villard.

The rolling stock of the two cog wheel lines : Lausanne-Ouchy (LO) and Lausanne-Gare (LG) will be give up to the french town after January 22, 2006 which will be the last day of "La Ficelle" !

The rolling stock will be stored by Tensol Rail SA, a Swiss company which will be also in charged for the transfer to Villard-de-Lans when it will be necessary.

 

Villard-de-Lans will be in charge to remove asbestos from the cars.

It is funny to know that the city of Turin thought to get back La Ficelle to replace the rolling stock of the Superga rack train ! Unfortunately for Turin, the gauges of the two trains are not the same !

It is interesting to know that an anonymous letter, sent by a person who owns high European administrative functions at Brussels, accuses the Villard-de-Lans municipality to have managed this project without any serious financial studies.

I personally received this letter; I know also that "24 heures", the Swiss newspaper from Lausanne, received the same letter!


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  • Butikofer Jean-Pierre

    Bravo Ă cette commune pour sa clairvoyance dans un projet de dimension humaine, qui mĂ©nage l’environnement et s’inscrit dans le dĂ©veloppement durable. En effet, m^Ă©me si le matĂ©riel n’est plus de toute première jeunesse, il est robuste et a Ă©tĂ© parfaitement entretenu par les services de maintenance du Lausanne-Ouchy. Bien sĂ»r que le chemin risque d’ĂŞtre encore long avant que la “Ficelle” roule sur ses nouveaux rails mais ce projet fait dĂ©jĂ des envieux, preuve en est cette lettre du sois-disant haut-responsable EuropĂ©en qui n’a mĂŞme pas le courage de signer la missive qu’il a envoyĂ© Ă certains organes de presse.
    Encore une fois bravo Ă Villars de Lans

  • Si ce projet aboutit, et je le souhaite, ce serait le premier chemin de fer Ă crĂ©maillère construit en France depuis 1914 avec le chemin de fer de La Rhune! Si l’on excepte la ligne C du mĂ©tro de Lyon, bien entendu, qui elle a Ă©tĂ© construite en 1974 en remplacement du funiculaire Croix Paquet – Croix Rousse.

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