Lézarde Express Régionale or ''Chemin de Fer de la Vallée de la Lézarde'' is an express railway line between

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

and

Rolleville Rolleville () is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region in northern France. Geography A farming village with some light industry, by the banks ...

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

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. The LER is a new fast service introduced in September 2001 to integrate this railway line into the

bus network and operated by the commune's council.

History

The line connecting Le Havre to Fécamp was opened in stages. A spur was opened between Graville and

Montivilliers Montivilliers ( or ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region in northern France. Geography A large light industry, light industrial and farm ...

on 1 October 1876. An extension was then built to

and opened on 14 August 1896 with the last section to Les Ifs (on the Le Havre to Fécamp line) on 24 December of the same year. The line was in the 1990s transporting 150 passengers a day and it was decided to modernise the line and create a simpler and faster service: Lézarde Express Régionale.

Lézarde Express Régionale

The journey is made by X 73500 and X 76500 DMUs for a length of journey of 20 minutes between

and

. The line is of simple design as it is formed by a single track from the junction with the main line to

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

up to its terminus in

. The frequency between Le Havre and Montivilliers is two return journeys every hour. The frequency between Montivilliers and Rolleville however is restricted to only 5 return journeys daily.Timetable 2010
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lezarde Le Havre Railway lines in Normandy