Scenic route
Mont-Blanc Express
Saint-Gervais → Martigny · France · Switzerland
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A metre-gauge mountain line under Mont Blanc, using third-rail power and a rack section to climb the Chamonix valley from Saint-Gervais into Switzerland.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 3448067 (36 km), relation 6690547 (20 km) — 57 km of the route between 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 1 km from the shape of TER 18911
- 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 Mont-Blanc Express?
The Mont-Blanc Express runs 55 km from Saint-Gervais to Martigny. It runs through France and Switzerland.
How long does the Mont-Blanc Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 50 min for the 55 km. That is an average of 30 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.
Who runs the Mont-Blanc Express?
SNCF and TMR, with Z 800.
How old is the Mont-Blanc Express?
The line has been in service since 1908. 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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