Scenic route
Le Cévenol
Clermont-Ferrand → Nîmes · France
Down the Allier gorges on viaducts stacked over a river with no road: the Massif Central crossing the TGV era forgot, kept alive by sheer beauty.
- Distance
- 303 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 5 h
- Average speed
- 61 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmClermont-Ferrand +3
- 4 kmClermont - La Pardieu
- 35 kmIssoire
- 53 kmBrassac-les-Mines - Sainte-Florine
- 59 kmArvant +1
- 69 kmBrioude
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- 93 kmSaint-Georges d'Aurac
- 100 kmLangeac
- 123 kmMonistrol d'Allier
- 133 kmAlleyras
- 146 kmChapeauroux
- 165 kmLangogne
- 177 kmLuc (Lozère)
- 184 kmLa Bastide - Saint-Laurent-les-Bains
- 204 kmVillefort
- 216 kmGénolhac
- 223 kmChamborigaud
- 229 kmSainte-Cécile-d'Andorge
- 237 kmGrand-Combe-la-Pise
- 250 kmAlès
- 274 kmSaint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès
- 298 kmNîmes Centre +2
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the TER 87399 on 25 November 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4833981: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 75 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 20 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of TER 87795
- 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 Le Cévenol?
The Le Cévenol runs 303 km from Clermont-Ferrand to Nîmes.
How long does the Le Cévenol take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 5 h for the 303 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Le Cévenol?
SNCF Voyageurs, with TER railcar.
How old is the Le Cévenol?
The line has been in service since 1870. 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.
How often does the Le Cévenol run?
3 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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