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Train des Merveilles

Nice → Tende · France

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.

Distance
70 km
Fastest time
2 h
Average speed
35 km/h
Top speed
90 km/h

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Train des Merveilles, Nice to Tende
Photo · Smiley.toerist · CC BY-SA 4.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmNice-Ville +3
  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 +1
  10. 51 kmFontan - Saorge +1
  11. 67 kmLa Brigue
  12. 71 kmTende +1

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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

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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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