Heritage route
Petit train d’Artouste
Lac de Fabrèges → Lac d’Artouste · France
Built for the dam works of the 1920s: 500 mm open cars creep along a cliff ledge at 1,940 m from the La Sagette gondola to Lac d’Artouste.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 19 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Petit train d’Artouste?
The Petit train d’Artouste runs 10 km from Lac de Fabrèges to Lac d’Artouste.
How long does the Petit train d’Artouste take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 55 min for the 10 km. That is an average of 11 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 20 km/h.
Who runs the Petit train d’Artouste?
Station d’Artouste, with Soulé open-air 500 mm cars.
How old is the Petit train d’Artouste?
The line has been in service since 1932. 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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