Train Jaune

The canary-yellow metre gauge of the Pyrenees: open-air cars over the Séjourné and Gisclard bridges to France’s highest station at 1,593 m.

Stations

1. 0 kmVillefranche-de-Conflent / Vernet-les-Bains / Fuilla
2. 5 kmSerdinya
3. 6 kmJoncet
4. 9 kmOlette - Canaveilles-les-Bains
5. 11 kmNyer
6. 13 kmThuès-les-Bains
7. Show 11 more stations

   1. 16 kmThuès-Carança
   2. 19 kmFontpédrouse Saint-Thomas les Bains
   3. 22 kmSauto
   4. 24 kmPlanès
   5. 27 kmMont-Louis - La Cabanasse
   6. 29 kmBolquère-Eyne
   7. 34 kmFont-Romeu-Odeillo-Via
   8. 41 kmEstavar
   9. 44 kmSaillagouse
   10. 46 kmErr
   11. 47 kmSainte-Léocadie
8. 52 kmOsséja
9. 54 kmBourg-Madame
10. 57 kmUr-les-Escaldes
11. 60 kmBéna-Fanès
12. 61 kmLatour-de-Carol - Enveitg

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 81958 — 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 under 100 m from the shape of TER 17313
• 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 Jaune?

The Train Jaune runs 63 km from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol.

How long does the Train Jaune take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h for the 63 km. That is an average of 21 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 55 km/h.

Who runs the Train Jaune?

SNCF Voyageurs, with Z 100 yellow railcars.

How old is the Train Jaune?

The line has been in service since 1910. 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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