Heritage route
Train Thur Doller Alsace
Cernay → Sentheim · France
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Sunday steam in the Doller valley: a century-old 030 T ambles from Cernay to Sentheim past storks, orchards and the first folds of the Vosges.
Stations
- 3 kmAspach
- 6 kmBurnhaupt
- 9 kmPN
- 12 kmSentheim
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 2602362 — 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 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Train Thur Doller Alsace — 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 Thur Doller Alsace?
The Train Thur Doller Alsace runs 14 km from Cernay to Sentheim.
How long does the Train Thur Doller Alsace take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ~1 h for the 14 km. That is an average of 14 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Train Thur Doller Alsace?
Train Thur Doller Alsace, with steam 030 T + heritage coaches.
How old is the Train Thur Doller Alsace?
The line has been in service since 1869. 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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