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Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2021 9:07 pm
by rogerfarnworth
Le Macaron was a metre-gauge line along the coast between Toulon and Saint-Raphael. This is the first of a series of posts about the line:

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:56 am
by rogerfarnworth
The second post in the series about the coastal line out of Toulon shows the competition it faced from other forms of transport and then focusses on the two main railway stations in Toulon ... first the PLM Station (SNCF now) and then the terminus of Le Chemin de Fer du Sud, the line that we will concentrate on in this series of posts.

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 4:36 pm
by rogerfarnworth
The third post looks at one of the competitors to Le Macaron. The tramways of Toulon. The network reached as far as the town centre of Hyeres.

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:41 pm
by rogerfarnworth
This is the next post in a series about the Chemins de Fer du Sud de la France's Coastal line between Toulon and Saint-Raphael. This post focusses on the PLM line which both competed for passenger traffic with Le Macaron between Toulon and Hyeres but also provided an essential link into the national network through the exchange sidings at Hyeres.

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:30 pm
by rogerfarnworth
This post relates to the length of Le Macaron between the terminus in Toulon and the town of Hyeres.

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:31 pm
by rogerfarnworth
The second length of Le Macaron - between Hyeres and Bormes-les-Mimosas.

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:40 pm
by rogerfarnworth
This next post takes us back to La Londes and allows us to discover the various branch-lines which left the main line here. These branch-lines served mining interests and a torpedo factory and provided significant amounts of good traffic for the line.

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:12 pm
by rogerfarnworth
We continue our journey along Le Macaron, the Coastal Line of Les Chemins de Fer du Sud de la France. This length runs from Bormes to Cavalaire:

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Re: Le Macaron Metre-Gauge Line in Provence-Cote d'Azur

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:12 pm
by rogerfarnworth
This length runs from Cavalaire-sur-Mer to La-Foux-les-Pins.

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