Scenic route
Ferrovia delle Meraviglie
Cuneo → Ventimiglia · Italy · France
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The “Railway of Wonders” spirals up the Alps through helical tunnels and viaducts into France; wrecked in WWII, it reopened only in 1979.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2622307 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of R 22953
- 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 Ferrovia delle Meraviglie?
The Ferrovia delle Meraviglie runs 96 km from Cuneo to Ventimiglia. It runs through Italy and France.
How long does the Ferrovia delle Meraviglie take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 40 min for the 96 km. That is an average of 36 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Ferrovia delle Meraviglie?
Trenitalia and SNCF, with Alstom Minuetto.
How old is the Ferrovia delle Meraviglie?
The line has been in service since 1928. 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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