Tourist and Minor Railways
Île de France
Le Petit Train du Jardin d’Acclimatation
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;
H
horse drawn
N
standard gauge (1435mm);
M
metre gauge (1000mm);
E
other narrow gauge
(E60 600mm,
E50 500mm, ...)
R with rack throughout,
r with rack sections
- AJECTA
- ?VN museum in Longueville with occasional excursions
on the RFF line from Longueville to Villiers St Georges (22.7km) or
Provins to Villiers St Georges (15.8km). The section between
Longueville and Provins is also used by regular Transilien
passenger trains (Site in French)
- Chemin
de Fer des Chanteraines
- ☼VDE60
Gennevilliers (RER station) to Les Mariniers, through the Parc des
Chanteraines (5.5km) (Site in French)
- Disneyland
Paris
- apart from a number of rail-based rides, the theme park has two
passenger carrying railways:
- ØVE91.4(3ft)
Disneyland Railroad, connecting various sections of the park (2.2km)
- ØHE91.4(3ft)
streetcars (trams) on Main Street
- Le Jardin d’Acclimatation
- ☼EE50
Porte Maillot to the garden in the Bois de Boulogne (1.6km). Steam
outline battery electric locomotives (Site in French)
- Le Jardin d’Acclimatation
- ☼EE50
Porte Maillot to the garden in the Bois de Boulogne (1.6km). Steam
outline battery electric locomotives (Site in French)
- MTVS
- Two separate lines:
- ☼VM from railway museum at Butry-sur-Oise to
Valmonois, about 0.5km. Operates typically 2 Sundays each month
from May to early October, and by private charter.
- DM Crèvecœur
le Grand to Rotagny, about 2.9km. Currently only the first 1.6km
are in use, and trains operate only occasionally. Long term proposal
for extension to Saint-Omer en Chaussée, a total distance of about
12km.
(Site in French)
- Petit
Train des Templiers
- ☼VDE18.4 (7¼inch) & E12.7 (5inch)
Parc des Templiers, Epinay sur Orge. Miniature railway with a circuit
of about 350m (Site in French)
- Port aux Cerises
- ☼VDE60 leisure park at Draveil with a 3km railway
(Site in French)
- Tacot des
Lacs
- ☼VDE60
in the disused sand pits of Bourron, near Grez-sur-Loing (2.5km)
(Site in French)
- Le Train des Sables
- ☼DE60 0.9km railway in la Mer de Sable theme park
near Ermenonville. Steam outline diesel locomotive (Site in
French)
Vélorails
- Ferra Botanica
- ☼ Lescherolles to Meilleray
in the Val du Haut Morin (6.5km)