Scenic route
Chemins de fer de la Corse
Ajaccio → Bastia · France
Corsica’s beloved “U Trinichellu” crosses the island’s granite spine, piercing the 3.9 km Vizzavona tunnel at 906 m altitude.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5893798 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 50 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Chemins de fer de la Corse — 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 Chemins de fer de la Corse?
The Chemins de fer de la Corse runs 158 km from Ajaccio to Bastia.
How long does the Chemins de fer de la Corse take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 45 min for the 158 km. That is an average of 42 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Chemins de fer de la Corse?
CFC, with AMG 800.
How old is the Chemins de fer de la Corse?
The line has been in service since 1894. 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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