{"id":193043,"date":"2023-09-21T14:34:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2023\/09\/end-of-the-line-for-a-tragic-monaco-train\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T14:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:39:29","slug":"end-of-the-line-for-a-tragic-monaco-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/09\/end-of-the-line-for-a-tragic-monaco-train\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the line for a tragic Monaco train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A rail link existed between La Turbie and the Principality, via Beausoleil, until 1932, when a tragic accident occurred.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s go back 130 years. The ambitious project to link Monaco to La Turbie had been gathering dust for over 10 years. Potential operators came and went but the local authorities and internal conflicts got in the way of negotiations. In 1893, work finally began on the line, which was declared to be in the public interest. The &#8220;Compagnie du chemin de fer d&#8217;int\u00e9r\u00eat local \u00e0 cr\u00e9maill\u00e8re de La Turbie (Righi d&#8217;hiver)&#8221; commissioned a Swiss engineer named Stockalper to map out the line. Thanks to a rack and pinion system, passengers would be able to travel at a speed of 7 km\/hr, covering the 2.5 km between Monaco and La Turbie in around twenty minutes. The line opened on 10 February 1894. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a real boon for the locals. The town of La Turbie, landlocked between France and Monaco, had suffered from a lack of transport links between the two countries. The only possible route was via Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and the Roman road that runs along the coast. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-turbie-la-cremaillere-phetcie246-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-turbie-la-cremaillere-phetcie246-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-turbie-la-cremaillere-phetcie246-481x300.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/la-turbie-la-cremaillere-phetcie246.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>Passengers boarding and alighting from the passenger carriage at <\/i>La Turbie<i> station\u00a0<\/i>\u00a9 Jean-Paul Bascoul Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prouesse-technique\">A technical feat<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special feature of this line is the 450 metre difference in altitude between the two towns. For historian and lecturer Jean-Claude Volpi, author of three books on the subject, there was one question on everyone&#8217;s lips. A few years ago, he framed that question on French TV station <em>France 3<\/em>: &#8220;<i>How could we imagine, at that time, being able to scale the mountain and make a locomotive go uphill when it usually moves horizontally?&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-a-cremaillere-de-la-turbie-nd738-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-a-cremaillere-de-la-turbie-nd738-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-a-cremaillere-de-la-turbie-nd738-465x300.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-a-cremaillere-de-la-turbie-nd738.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>Between the two rails, we can see a third, with the rack that pushes the locomotive up the slope.\u00a0<\/i>\u00a9 Jean-Paul Bascoul Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer to the question lay in using a rack, a mechanical device fitted with teeth. In rack railways, the rack is the third rail that pushes locomotives up gradients of up to 48%. One or more cogwheels lock with the rack to give the train the traction it needs to climb these gradients. The gamble paid off, and the first passengers were amazed how easily they reached La Turbie, 500 metres above sea level. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"related wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/02\/a-picture-postcard-monaco-monte-carlo-station\/\">A picture postcard: Monaco-Monte-Carlo station<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/environs-de-monte-carlo-la-turbie-cremaillere-et-pont-viaduc-bf101-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/environs-de-monte-carlo-la-turbie-cremaillere-et-pont-viaduc-bf101-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/environs-de-monte-carlo-la-turbie-cremaillere-et-pont-viaduc-bf101-471x300.jpg 471w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/environs-de-monte-carlo-la-turbie-cremaillere-et-pont-viaduc-bf101.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>The passenger carriages could accommodate up to 60 people.\u00a0<\/i>\u00a9 Collection Jean-Paul Bascoul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The train stopped at Bordina and Riviera Palace stations, which were also served by another rack tramway for a few years, from 1903 to 1914. It connected the Rue des Iris in Monte Carlo and the Riviera Palace. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-de-monte-carlo-a-la-turbie-croisement-des-deux-cremailleres-a-la-gare-de-la-bordina-gj-1383-ensemble-2-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-de-monte-carlo-a-la-turbie-croisement-des-deux-cremailleres-a-la-gare-de-la-bordina-gj-1383-ensemble-2-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-de-monte-carlo-a-la-turbie-croisement-des-deux-cremailleres-a-la-gare-de-la-bordina-gj-1383-ensemble-2-392x300.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/chemin-de-fer-de-monte-carlo-a-la-turbie-croisement-des-deux-cremailleres-a-la-gare-de-la-bordina-gj-1383-ensemble-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><i>The two trains meeting at <\/i>Bordina<i> station. <\/i>\u00a9 Jean-Paul Bascoul Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-accident-de-la-cremaillere\">The accident<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rack railway was shut down because of an accident on 8 March 1932. A train was coming down from La Turbie, and had passed the upper Monte-Carlo station, when the axle carrying the cogwheel broke. With no brakes, the locomotive crashed to a halt in the lower station. Two people lost their lives that day, the driver and the conductor, and three tourists were seriously injured. It was the beginning of the end for the railway line. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" data-id=\"192881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-04-phot-e-bus-g-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-04-phot-e-bus-g-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-04-phot-e-bus-g-435x300.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-04-phot-e-bus-g.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" data-id=\"192885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-02-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-02-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-02-409x300.jpg 409w, https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/accident-de-la-cremaillere-8-mars-1932-photo-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><i>There were two fatalities in the dramatic accident on 8 March 1932\u00a0<\/i>\u00a9 Jean-Paul Bascoul Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remains of the railway are still in existence at La Turbie. The line can be spotted between the Moyenne Corniche road and the foot of the mont\u00e9e de la Cr\u00e9maill\u00e8re. A fire station has been built on the same site as the former railway station. Just a few years ago, the mayor of La Turbie, Jean-Jacques Raffaele, said he hoped to see the return of this special track, which played an important role in the town for almost 40 years. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"related wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/04\/a-picture-postcard-the-monaco-tramway\/\">A picture postcard: the Monaco tramway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rail link existed between La Turbie and the Principality, via Beausoleil, until 1932, when a tragic accident occurred.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":192934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[243,251],"tags":[2835],"post_sectags":[],"post_format":[2468],"class_list":["post-193043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-whats-on","tag-heritage","format-story"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>End of the line for a tragic Monaco train<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A rail link existed between La Turbie and the Principality, via Beausoleil, until 1932, when a tragic accident occurred.\u00a0 Let&#039;s go back 130 years. 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