Behind the Opéra Bastille in Paris you'll find a 1.3km disused old railway viaduct - the "Viaduc des Arts" - now home to chic cafés, art shops, and an elevated tree-lined walkway. But what about the railway that used to run on it? Where did it go to? And what happened to it? I went to investigate the story of the lost line to Bastille...
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IMAGE CREDITS:
Gare de la Bastille aerial shot: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gare_de_la_Bastille_-_Aerial_view.jpg
Gare de Reuilly in 1985: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris-Reuilly_sept-1985-a.jpg
SNCF sleeping car: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SNCF_Couchette_car_TEN.jpg
Crossrail tunnel photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crossrail_tunnel_looking_west_(11421362975).jpg