Elle mesure 31 km de long et le train met environ une heure et vingt-sept minutes pour relier Cherbourg à Barfleur à 21 km/h [1].
Les usagers surnomment ironiquement le train « Tue-vaques » parce qu'il percute régulièrement des vaches s'aventurant sur les rails.
La ligne est réquisitionnée par l'occupant allemand pour acheminer les matériaux pour l'édification du mur de l'Atlantique[3].
Des portions de voie ferrée sont encore visibles sur le tracé, ainsi que quelques gares désaffectées. Mais le principal témoin de cette époque est un viaduc construit à Fermanville, dans la vallée des Moulins, parfaitement conservé.
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