Heritage route
Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées
Mariembourg → Treignes · Belgium
Steam on the 1854 Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse line: CFV3V engines bark up the wooded Viroin valley to the great museum shed at Treignes.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18109902 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: CFV3V — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées?
The Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées runs 14 km from Mariembourg to Treignes.
How long does the Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 40 min for the 14 km. That is an average of 21 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées?
CFV3V, with heritage steam.
How old is the Chemin de Fer à Vapeur des Trois Vallées?
The line has been in service since 1854. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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