Wihéries: the industrial line and the line of the State to
The arrival of the railway in the High Country on 1 May 1882, opening day of the line between Dour and Audregnies. Wihéries is the first stop after the station "mother" of Dour. The station is located astride the villages and Elouges Wihéries, a political choice and ... géograhique. Policy since the establishment of the station "satisfied" citizens of both villages. Geographic because the profile to the rugged High Country imposes the straightest line possible. Initially equipped with a temporary wooden building, Wihéries will develop in stop and receive the honors of a true main building Traveler type 1893 from the State. Here crossed the line industrial West of Mons that plunging colliery Ferrand, 98de state line 98A, which was traveling to the High Country ... Our picture of Rue de la Fontaine in Elouges shows the bridges between the two lines towards the right, Wihéries station.
The village of Dour is connected to France via Quiévrain station Elouges a railway line opened in 1873. A second outlet to France, for Roisin by opening up the High Country, will be launched on 1 May 1882 for the section "Dur-Audregnies, and June 12 of that year, for Section Audregnies-Roisin-Autreppe . one hand therefore, can earn Dourois Valenciennes correspondence with the international line. On the other, they can go through to Cambrai Bavay. But this is not the passenger traffic which would have ensured the profitability of these lines. For in both cases, it is clear that the purpose of the rail is essentially industrielle.Le only vestige remaining at the station today Dur is the former goods shed (photo) .. .
The location of the village dourois has its station as a hub to the Hexagon, to Blanc-Misseron via line 98, and Elouges Quiévrain (1873), to Bavay via line 101 and Autreppe-Roisin (1882). A boon for the "border" of the time ... But original purpose of the railway at Dour was essentially the transport of coal, that, inter alia, production of this monster that was the Great Fire machine, connected to the station coal douroise.
line Dour in Roisin-Autreppe consisted of five stations (Dour, Wihéries, Audregnies, Angre, Roisin-Autreppe) and two breakpoints (The Pantry and Angreau). The international railway line has been commissioned in 1822 and closed to traffic in 1960 (passengers) and 1961 (goods). We are out of the station Dour ... a beautiful Sunday in 1945. Roisin direction, the Chalet du Guard, the tavern, the Rock-who-Bique, freshwater Great Honnelle ...
The arrival of the railway in the High Country on 1 May 1882, opening day of the line between Dour and Audregnies. Wihéries is the first stop after the station "mother" of Dour. The station is located astride the villages and Elouges Wihéries, a political choice and ... géograhique. Policy since the establishment of the station "satisfied" citizens of both villages. Geographic because the profile to the rugged High Country imposes the straightest line possible. Initially equipped with a temporary wooden building, Wihéries will develop in stop and receive the honors of a true main building Traveler type 1893 from the State. Here crossed the line industrial West of Mons that plunging colliery Ferrand, 98de state line 98A, which was traveling to the High Country ... Our picture of Rue de la Fontaine in Elouges shows the bridges between the two lines towards the right, Wihéries station. 
