Tourist and Minor Railways
Hauts-de-France
P’tit Train de la Haute Somme. The locomotive was built
in 1925 by AG Vulcan Stettin for the Mecklenburg-Pommersche
Schmalspurbahn
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
- Amitram
- ☼EM
Marquette-lez-Lille to Ferme St Chrysole, Wambrechies (3km) using
historic electric trams (Site in French)
- Centre
Historique Minier
- ØDE60
museum of coal mining at Lewarde, near Douai, with a 0.5km railway
- Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme
- ☼VM
Noyelles-sur-Mer to Le Crotoy and Cayeux-sur-Mer, on either side of
the estuary of the Somme (total distance 27km)
- Chemin de Fer
Touristique de la Vallée de l'Aa
- ☼AN
Arcques to Lumbres (15km), over the SNCF freight line (Site
in French)
- Chemin de Fer
Touristique du Vermandois
- ☼VDN
over the SNCF freight line between Saint-Quentin and Origny
Sainte-Benoite (22km). Special dining trains operate on certain days
(Site in French)
- P’tit
Train de la Haute Somme
- ☼VDE60
Froissy to Dompierre (7km)
- Tourisme Ferroviaire
de la Brie Champenoise et l'Omois
- ☼AN
Montmirail (Grand Est) to Artognes on the SNCF/Captrain freight
line (8.8km). Possible future extension to Mézy, a further 16.9km.
(Site in French)
- Train
Touristique de la Vallée de la Scarpe
- ☼VDE60 Saint Amand les Eaux, alongside the Scarpe
(2.5km) (Site in French)
Vélorails
- Rando-Rail
du Pays de Lumbres
- ☼ Nielles les Bléquin to Chevalier de
la Chapelle (4.5km) or Nielles les Bléquin to Adelthur (4.5km). It is
possible to cover both sections in a single day (Site in French)
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2004-2021 Glyn Williams
Photo image from the website of APPEVA