Tourist and Minor Railways
Centre-Val de Loire
The artistically decorated railcar X2419 of the Train
Touristique de la Vallée du Loir
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
- Le Blanc-Argent
- اAM
Salbris to Valençay (56km). Although no longer promoted as a tourist
service, the line has considerable tourist potential (Site
in French)
- Chemin
de Fer Touristique de Pithiviers
- ☼VDE60
Pithiviers (Museum of Transport) to Bellebat (4km)
- Le Train du Bas-Berry
- ☼VDAM two sections:
- Valençay (connecting with Blanc-Argent) to Écueillé (19km),
operated by diesel railcar
- Écueillé to Argy (19km), operated by steam train
- Train de Rillé
- ☼VE60 alongside the Lac de Rillé, west of Tours
(2.5km) (Site in French)
- Train Touristique
de la Vallée du Loir
- ☼AN
over the SNCF freight line between Thoré-la-Rochette and Trôo (18km)
(Site in French)
Vélorails
- Vélorail du Pays Chartrain
- ☼ Pont sous Gallardon to Coltainville
(6.5km) (Site in French)
©
2004-2020 Glyn Williams
Photo image © CDT 41-D Sourice from the tourisme.fr website
