line at 2400 volts direct current. The branch line between La Mure and Corps was opened in 1932 and closed for passenger traffic in 1952. Coal traffic ceased in 1988, and most of the coal installations were demolished, the coal being transported by road. The Matheysine coalmines were finally closed on 28 March 1997. The SGLM found a new vocation in providing a tourist attraction and as a result, there remain all of the line's historical installations, the workshops, forge, joinery shop, etc. The network's departure and arrival stations were dependent on connections with the PLM railway's Grenoble–Veynes line. The necessary facilities together with the transhipment platform for the automatic transfer of the coal from the SGLM coal cars to the trains operated by PLM (which became SNCF in 1938) were built adjacent to the PLM station, today the station for the Chemin de fer de La Mure. When they last operated, the trains of the railway ran at the leisurely pace of up to 30 km/h. Rolling stock Electric and Electro-Diesel Locomotives Note 1 : Part of a class of 10 electro-diesel locomotives, 2 are in service at the Chemins de fer du Jura (CJ), 1 at the Chemins de Fer de Provence (CP). Electric railcars Passenger trailers Freight cars Abbreviations - railroad companies NStCM.....Chemin de fer Nyon-St-Cergue-Morez VFD....... Abbreviations - manufacturers ANF.......Ateliers du nord de la france B+L.......Brissonneau and Lotz, Creil, France BBC.......Brown, Boveri & Cie CB........Chantiers de La Buire, Lyon, France CGC.......Compagnie General Construction, St. Denis, France CFMCF.....Compagnie Française de Matériel de Chemin de Fer, Maubeuge, France D+B.......Dyle et Bacalan FL........Compagnie de Fives-Lille, Givors, France Ren.......Renault Richard...Etablissements Richard, St. Denis de l'Hôtel (Loiret), France SIG.......Schweizerische Industriegesellschaft, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland (now Alstom) SWS.......Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich, Switzerland (closed) T-H.......Compagnie Francaise Thomson-Houston (Nowadays: Alstom) Thury.....Ateliers Rene Thury, Geneva. (Later: S.A. Ateliers Secheron (SAAS)) References External links Petit Train de La Mure official website Veolia's official website - but La Mure page withdrawn since 2010 closure More information - but not up to date about 2010 closure More information from French Wikipedia Heritage railways in France Tourist attractions in Isère Metre gauge railways in France Railway lines in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes