Mountain route
Montenvers Railway
Chamonix → Montenvers · France
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A rack railway since 1908, climbing from Chamonix to a balcony above the Mer de Glace, France’s largest glacier, under the Drus and the Grandes Jorasses.
Stations
- 0 kmChamonix-Montenvers
- 2 kmLes Planards
- 4 kmCaillet
- 5 kmMontenvers - Mer de Glace
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5161800 — 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 2.2 km from the shape of TER 18901
- 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 Montenvers Railway?
The Montenvers Railway runs 5 km from Chamonix to Montenvers.
How long does the Montenvers Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 20 min for the 5 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 20 km/h.
Who runs the Montenvers Railway?
Compagnie du Mont-Blanc, with rack railcars.
How old is the Montenvers Railway?
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.
How high does the Montenvers Railway climb?
1,913 m above sea level at its highest point.
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