Grenoble -around the Railway.
-disused, forgotten, taken away or abandoned lines.

2. The layout of the railway around the town.
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Here is a map showing the location of the PLM/SNCF railway lines before and after the 1968 Winter Olympics. Motorways, in part carried out for the games, are shown in grey dashes.
The Olympic facilities were established on the old airfield and a new hospital built nearby at Echirolles.
The Grenoble cultural centre, now called MC2, was built near the old railway line.
The relocation of the railway line towards Echirolles, next to the south ring road, freed up space for the creation of new neighbourhoods and a wide bicycle track from the station to the University Campus. This space is now being used to create a green corridor. The International exhibition of water power and tourism was held in Grenoble between May and October 1925. This event enabled the demolition of part of the military fortifications and the creation of Paul Mistral park, named after the mayor of Grenoble at that time.
From a railway point of view, there was a building devoted to the main railway lines and another concerning railway material.
The only  remaining vestige is the 95 meter high Perret tower. This was the first tower in reinforced concrete, but it's present state is such that it's future seems uncertain.
A new City Hall was also built for the Grenoble Olympic Games on the location of the 1925 exhibition ground, now the park Paul Mistral.
The Verderet, a mountain stream that comes from Eybens, crosses this park but now is closed in a big buried drain 6kms long which empties itself into the Isère river near the 'Île Verte'.

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