Mountain route
Petit Train de la Rhune
Col de Saint-Ignace → La Rhune · France
A 1924 wooden cog train grinds up to the 905 m Basque summit of La Rhune, past pottok ponies and griffon vultures, with the Bay of Biscay spread out below.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 23.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 675 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 de la Rhune?
The Petit Train de la Rhune runs 4 km from Col de Saint-Ignace to La Rhune.
How long does the Petit Train de la Rhune take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 35 min for the 4 km. That is an average of 7 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 9 km/h.
Who runs the Petit Train de la Rhune?
Epsa, with 1924 wooden rack railcars.
How old is the Petit Train de la Rhune?
The line has been in service since 1924. 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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