Tourist and Minor Railways
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Petit Train d’Artouste
Ø year round service;
☼ seasonal (mainly summer);
Δ seasonal (mainly winter);
§
regular service trains on lines of special tourist interest
V
(vapeur) steam locomotives;
D
diesel locomotives;
A
(autorails) diesel railcars;
E
electric
N
standard gauge (1435mm);
M
metre gauge (1000mm);
E
other narrow gauge
(E60 600mm,
E50 500mm, ...)
R with rack throughout,
r with rack sections
- Chemin
de Fer Charente-Limousine
- ☼AN Confolens to Romazières (17km) (Site
in French)
- Chemin de Fer de
la Rhune
- ØEMR
Col de Saint Ignace to La Rhune - summit (4.2km)
- Chemin de Fer Touristique du Pays d’Albret
- ☼DN Nérac to Mézin (13km) (Site in
French)
- Écomusée de Marquèze
- ☼VDN from the car parks and museum entrance at Sabres
to the main museum site (4km) (Site in French)
- EuskoTren
- ØEM passenger operator in the Basque region of
Spain, extending into France as far as Hendaye
- Le Petit Chemin
de Fer des Ribières
- ☼VDE18.4 (7¼inch) & E12.7 (5inch)
in the Parc Naturel Régional Périgord Limousin, Bussière Galant.
Miniature railway with a circuit of more than 0.5km (Site in
French, link to English version not functional when last
checked)
- Petit Train
d’Artouste
- ☼DE50 Sagette (station located high above the Lac
de Fabrèges in the valley of the Ossau, to which it is connected by a
cablecar) to Lac d'Artouste (9km)
- Petit Train du Cap Ferret
- ☼DE60 Bélisaire pier (connecting with ferry services
from Arcachon) across the Cap Ferret peninsular to the Atlantic coast
(2km) (Site in French)
- P’tit
Train de Saint-Trojan
- ☼DE60 Saint-Trojan-les-Bains to Pertuis de Maumusson
(6km) on the island of Oléron (Site in French)
- Train
des Mouettes
- ☼VDN Saujon to La Tremblade (21.5km)
- Train Touristique Guîtres-Marcenais
- ☼VDN Guîtres to Marcenais (14km)
- Train Touristique PGVS
- ☼DN Pointe de Grave to Soulac-les Arros (7km)
(Site in French)
Vélorails
- Chemin
de Fer Charente-Limousine
- Ø Confolens to Romazières (17km).
Shorter options are available from either terminus (Site in
French)
- Chemin de fer du
Périgord
- Ø Corgnac sur l'Isle to Thiviers
(les Chatignolles) and return, or Corgnac sur l'Isle to St Andrieux
and return, each about 5.5km; at certain times it is possible
to cover both sections. Alternatively Corgnac sur l'Isle to Excedeuil,
about 8km with a 1km walk in each direction avoiding a tunnel
(Site in French)
- Vélorail de Bussière Galant
- ☼ Bussière Galant to Châlus (3km)
- Vélorail
de Chauvigny
- ☼ Chauvigny to Fleix (8.5km)
(Site in French)
- Vélorail de la Mine
- Ø from Bosmoreau les Mines, 5km in the
Thaurion valley
- Vélorail du Pays Gabay
- ☼ Guîtres to Marcenais (14km),
sharing the route of Train Touristique Guîtres-Marcenais. An
option is available for outward journey by vélorail, returning
by train
- Vélorail de Saintonge
- Ø Cozes to St André de Lidon, 6km.
Opposite direction in winter (Site in French)