Grande Ceinture line

Grande Ceinture line
Grande Ceinture line
	A train travels on the line near Sucy-en-Brie
Overview
Native name	Ligne de Grande Ceinture
Owner	SNCF
Locale	Île-de-France
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Route number	990 000
History
Commenced	1875
Opened	1877
Completed	1886
Technical
Line length	157 km (98 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line:; 1,500 V DC (Sucy-Bonneuil – Versailles-Matelots); 25 kV 50 Hz AC (Versailles-Matelots–Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Achères–Sucy-Bonneuil);
Route map
Route map
	Épinay-sur-Seine
	Grand Sentier
	VMI line
	to Invalides
	Dieppe line
	to Pontoise
	Northern Main Line
	⇖ to Paris-Nord
	⇘ to Lille
	Valois line
	to Laon
	Site of deportation
	of Holocaust victims
	Seine Valley line
	to Rouen
	Eastern Main Line
	to Strasbourg
	to Saint-Germain-en-Laye
	Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
	–Forêt de Marly
	Transilien Paris-
	Saint-Lazare
	Troyes-Belfort line
	to Mulhouse
	Boissy
	branch
	Western Main Line
	to Chartres
	Chennevières-sur-Marne
	Grande-Ceinture
	Western Main Line
	to Paris-Montparnasse
	PLM Main Line
	to Paris-Lyon
	Orléans Main Line
	to Paris-Austerlitz
	Choisy-
	le-Roi
	to P.-
	Nord
	LGV Sud-Est
	to Marseille
	Sceaux line
	to Orsay
	LGV Atlantique
	to Bordeaux and Rennes
	PLM Main Line
	to Marseille
	Pont de Rungis
	Aéroport d'Orly
	Orlyval
	Antony –
	Orly Airport
	Corbeil-
	Essonnes
	Orléans Main Line
	to Bordeaux

The Grande Ceinture line (French: Ligne de Grande Ceinture, English: Big Belt Line) is a railway line around Paris, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Boulevard Périphérique. The decision to build it was taken at the end of the 19th century, to connect the radial lines linking the capital to the provinces and provide relief to the busy Petite Ceinture Line (English: Small Belt Line).