Train des Merveilles

Spirals up the wild Roya valley past the Bronze-Age rock carvings of the Vallée des Merveilles, looping through helicoidal tunnels to Tende at 1,040 m.

Stations

1. 0 kmNice-Ville
2. 3 kmNice Pont Michel
3. 5 kmL'Ariane - La Trinité
4. 7 kmLa Trinité-Victor
5. 9 kmDrap - Cantaron
6. 11 kmHalte de Fontanil - Lycée de Drap
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 13 kmPeillon Sainte-Thècle
   2. 16 kmPeille
   3. 23 kmL´Escarène
   4. 25 kmTouët-de-l'Escarène
8. 33 kmSospel
9. 44 kmBreil sur Roya
10. 51 kmFontan - Saorge
11. 67 kmLa Brigue
12. 71 kmTende

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 1059561 — 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 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of TER 22991
• 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 Train des Merveilles?

The Train des Merveilles runs 70 km from Nice to Tende.

How long does the Train des Merveilles take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 70 km. That is an average of 35 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.

Who runs the Train des Merveilles?

SNCF (TER Sud PACA), with X 76500 AGC.

How old is the Train des Merveilles?

The line has been in service since 1928. 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 often does the Train des Merveilles run?

3 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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