©Ville de Briançon - Service du Patrimoine
On 15 September 1884, the first train entered the station in Briançon. Located on a major communication route, but paradoxically isolated by a network of difficult roads, the people of Briançon welcomed this new means of locomotion with enthusiasm.
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The transport of travellers was until then the privilege of the postal service, and was done by horse-drawn carriages, limoniers or sedans. It took more than ten hours to get from Gap to Briançon, with the addition of a horse for the climb from Embrun! The development of the railway in the region followed the installation of the railways in the Rhone valley between 1848 and 1854. The dream of linking Grenoble to Turin via Briançon and Montgenèvre was shared with the Italians. The route via...
