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was proposed using the Grande
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its southern section with a continuous current of 1500 Volts. At the end of
January 1945, the decision was taken to electrify the Valenton-Juvisy (via Orly) section, and electric services on this section were running as early as September of the same year. In its wake, the Juvisy-Versailles and
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25 kV 50 Hz at the end of the 1950s. In this era, electrifying the Grande
Ceinture's eastern section became necessary so that freight trains could run along the Ceinture without a break. To this end, the junction section from Stains (Paris-Creil line) to Noisy-le-Sec was switched on as an
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Ceinture's role always erred towards freight rather than passenger transportation. As one can see on the timetables in May 1914, the number of passenger trains of travelers was limited, as was their speed. Running through areas that were then under-urbanised and not linking into the
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round-trip ticket as early as 1985. Until 1986, trains were coupled at
Valenton with a new direct Rouen-Lyon service, using the Grande Ceinture Sud, from Versailles-Chantiers to Valenton through Massy-Palaiseau. The TGV Lille-Lyon no longer uses the Grande Ceinture since the opening of the
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Between 2005 and the end of 2006 the marshalling yards of Achères and
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necessary suburban rail-routes, it is thus unsurprising that the Grande
Ceinture's passenger service proved unable to withstand the increasing use of cars, buses and other modes of transport.
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of Achères, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and
Bourget until the closure of the first two of these in 2005–2006. Intense traffic (more than 200 trains a day) on certain sections, notably in
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electric line on 21 July 1959. The
Argenteuil-Stains and Bobigny-Gagny sections on the "Complémentaire" were, in their turn, electrified with 25 kV on 14 September 1970.
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