Tourist and Minor Railways
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
Le Train des Pignes steam train on the
viaduct at Thorame-Haute
hauled by former Portuguese Railways 2-4-6-0T Mallet
locomotive no.E211
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
- Chemins de
Fer de Provence
- ØAM; ☼VM Nice to Digne les Bains
(90km). Le Train
des Pignes steam train operates on summer Sundays over the 20km
section between Puget-Théniers and Annot, connecting with services from
Nice
- Le Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat
- ☼Funicular
a private funicular links the hotel with the Club Dauphin restaurant on
the shores of the Mediterranean Sea
- Le Petit Train de Méjanes
- ØDE60 Méjanes (in the Camargue, about 8km south east
of Albaron), a circuit of about 3.5km on the shores of l’Étang du
Vaccarès. Steam outline diesel locomotives (Site in
French)
- Le Train de la Côte Bleue
- اAN Marseille to Miramas (32km) (Site
in French)
- Le Train des Merveilles
- اAN Nice to Tende (71.4km). Spoken commentary by a
guide on some services during the summer (Site in
French)
- Train
Touristique du Centre Var
- ☼AN Carnoules to Brignoles (24km) over the SNCF
freight line (Site in French)
Vélorails
- Vélorail de la Sainte Baume
- Ø Pourcieux to St Maximin
(7.5 km). Electrically assisted vélorails available for a
small extra charge (Site in French)
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2004-2020 Glyn Williams
Photo image © Christopher James
