Mountain route
Panoramique des Dômes
Clermont-Ferrand → Puy de Dôme · France
A Strub rack railway spirals up the dormant Puy de Dôme volcano: 5.3 km and 500 vertical metres to the Roman Temple of Mercury at 1,406 m.
How this line was checked
- The 5 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 7281454 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 91.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 5 m from it
- 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 Panoramique des Dômes?
The Panoramique des Dômes runs 5.3 km from Clermont-Ferrand to Puy de Dôme.
How long does the Panoramique des Dômes take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 15 min for the 5.3 km. That is an average of 21 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Panoramique des Dômes?
TC Dôme (Transdev), with Stadler GTW 2/6 rack.
How old is the Panoramique des Dômes?
The line has been in service since 2012. 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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