Train des Pignes

Metre-gauge “pine-cone train” climbing 151 km from Nice to Digne over some 25 tunnels and 16 viaducts, inaugurated in 1911.

Stations

1. 0 kmNice CP
2. 3 kmLa Madeleine
3. 7 kmLingostière
4. 13 kmColomars - La Manda
5. 20 kmSaint-Martin du Var
6. 24 kmPlan-du-Var
7. Show 30 more stations

   1. 26 kmLe Chaudan
   2. 28 kmLa Tinée
   3. 38 kmMalaussène - Massoins
   4. 41 kmVillars-sur-Var
   5. 45 kmLe Tournel
   6. 48 kmTouët-sur-Var
   7. 49 kmRigaud - Le Cians
   8. 54 kmLes Clos
   9. 58 kmPuget-Théniers
   10. 64 kmEntrevaux
   11. 67 kmPlan-d'Entrevaux
   12. 68 kmAgnerc
   13. 70 kmPont de Gueydan
   14. 72 kmSaint-Benoït
   15. 76 kmScaffarels
   16. 77 kmAnnot
   17. 81 kmLes Lunières
   18. 82 kmLe Fugeret
   19. 87 kmMéailles
   20. 89 kmPeyresq
   21. 94 kmThorame-Haute
   22. 98 kmAllons Argens
   23. 103 kmLa Mure
   24. 105 kmSaint-André-les-Alpes
   25. 108 kmMoriez
   26. 112 kmGévaudan
   27. 117 kmBarrême
   28. 124 kmChaudon Norante
   29. 129 kmChabrières
   30. 135 kmMézel - Châteauredon
8. 140 kmSaint-Jurson
9. 141 kmGolf de Digne
10. 142 kmGaubert - Le Chaffaut
11. 145 kmPlan d'eau des Ferréols
12. 147 kmDigne-les-Bains

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

• The 106 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 10016548 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 27 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Chemins de fer de Provence — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• 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 Pignes?

The Train des Pignes runs 151 km from Nice to Digne-les-Bains.

How long does the Train des Pignes take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 20 min for the 151 km. That is an average of 45 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.

Who runs the Train des Pignes?

Chemins de fer de Provence, with Autorail AMP 800.

How old is the Train des Pignes?

The line has been in service since 1911. 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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