page_title: Chemin de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord
section_title: St. Brieuc – Dinan
hierarchical_section_title: Chemin de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord / Lines / St. Brieuc – Dinan
caption_attribution_description: Passerelles du Gouray construites pour les Chemins de Fer des Côtes-du-Nord
context_page_description: The Chemin de fer des Côtes-du-Nord, the Côtes-d'Armor today, was a 1,000 mm, metre gauge, railway in Côtes-du-Nord, France, although there were a few kilometres of line in Finistère and Ille-et-Vilaine. The first lines opened in 1905 and final closure was in 1956. The lines were a voie ferrée d'intérêt local system with a total extent of 457 kilometres.
  The system was constructed in two stages, the initial lines built between 1905 and 1907, and the extensions during and after the First World War which were opened between 1916 and 1926. These lines would make the CdN slightly bigger than the Réseau Breton.
  The first closures were in 1937, but the Second World War gave the CdN a stay of execution, and parts of the system remained open until 1956.
context_section_description: The 25.6 kilometres (15.9 mi) line between St. Brieuc and Moncontour opened on 1 May 1905 and closed to passengers on 1 April 1937. Final closure occurred on 27 April 1939. At Langueux, a branch was built to serve a brick and tile works, which supplied materials for the construction of the stations of the CdN. The main bridges on this section of line were the Viaduc de Souzain (290 metres (951 ft) long, 37 metres (121 ft 5 in) high), Pont de Gouëdic, Viaduc de Toupin and Pont des Courses at St. Brieuc, and the Viaduc de Douvenant (131 metres (430 ft) long, 31.5 metres (103 ft 4 in) high), Viaduc de Vau-Hervé and Pont de la Cage at Langueux. It is on this section of line that a heritage railway is being created.
  The 15.7 kilometres (9.8 mi) line between Moncontour and Collinée opened on 1 July 1907 and closed on 24 April 1939. It was on this line that the CdN reached its highest point of 300 metres (984 ft 3 in) above sea level.
  The 47.1 kilometres (29.3 mi) line between Collinée and Dinan was an extension of the Moncontour – Collinée line. It opened on 8 October 1925 and closed on 1 April 1937. The lines' opening was delayed due to World War One. A projected line between Collinée and Merdrignac may have brought more traffic to the line and avoided its early closure. This line, had it opened, would have transformed Collinée into a major junction. The line crossed the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest on the level at Jugon, following which it climbed in the direction of Dinan and passed through one of the few tunnels on the CdN network. At Dinan there was a bridge over the CF de l'Ouest's Dinan – La Brohinière line. The main bridges on the line were the Pont de l'Aublette at Dinan, the Pont du Marchis at Jugon and the Passerelles du Gouray at Gouray.
caption: Passerelles du Gouray, 2005
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