Tourist and Minor Railways
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Viaducts on the Ligne des Hirondelles near Morez
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 Touristique de la Vallée de l’Ouche
- ☼VDE60 Bligny-sur-Ouche to Pont d’Ouche (6.8km)
- Coni’Fer
- ☼VDN
Fontaine Ronde to Les Hôpitaux Neufs to Fontaine Ronde (6.5km).
Proposed extension to Frambourg (a further 6km). Possible future
extensions to Portarlier and to Vallorbe (Switzerland). In addition
to regular services, trains may be chartered. A dining car is available
on certain services (Site in French, link for English section
not functional)
- La Ligne des Hirondelles
- اAN Andelot to Saint Claude (73.2km) (Site
in French)
- Ligne des Horlogers
- اAN Besançon to Morteau and la Chaux de Fonds,
Switzerland (89.7km) (Site in French)
- P’tit Train de l’Yonne
- ☼DE60
Massingis to Civry (5km) (Site in French)
- Train des Deux Vallées
- ☼VDE60
Le Creusot Ville (SNCF station) to the Gare des Combes (10km, with a rise
of 100m) through the Parc des Combes
- Train des
Lavières
- ☼DE50 0.6km line in a pine forest near Is-sur-Tille
(Site in French)
- Train
de Puisaye
- ☼AN
Toucy-Ville to Villiers Saint-Benoît (8.8km) or Toucy-Ville to
Moutiers la Bâtisse (19km). Dining option on some trains (Site
in French)
Vélorails
- Cyclorail
- Two separate lines:
- Cyclorail de Puisaye
- ☼ Charny to Villiers Saint-Benoît
(16km)
- Cyclorail du Sancerrois
- ☼ Port Aubry, near Cosne-sur-Loire,
to Saint Satur, near Sancerre (7.5km)
- Vélos-Rails
de Vesoul
- ☼ Vaivre et Montoille to Mont le Vernois
(4.5km) (Site in French)
- Vélorail de la Vingeanne
- Ø Champagne sur Vingeanne to la Fontaine
à l’Âne, 4.5km (Site in French, loud and unsolicited audio
on website)
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2004-2020 Glyn Williams
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté flag image by Geraldiker from Wikimedia Commons
Photo image © Jack Carrot/Jura Tourisme
