Heritage route
Le Mastrou (Vivarais)
Tournon-sur-Rhône → Lamastre · France
A metre-gauge steam survivor climbing the granite gorge of the Doux from the Rhône at Tournon to the chestnut country of Lamastre, hauled by 1903 Mallet engines.
- Distance
- 33 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Average speed
- 17 km/h
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmTournon - Saint-Jean
- 8 kmColombier-le-Vieux/Saint-Barthélémy-le-Plain
- 14 kmBoucieu le Roi
- 28 kmLamastre
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, 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 21211650: 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
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Le Mastrou (Vivarais)?
The Le Mastrou (Vivarais) runs 33 km from Tournon-sur-Rhône to Lamastre.
How long does the Le Mastrou (Vivarais) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 33 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Le Mastrou (Vivarais)?
Chemin de fer du Vivarais, with 1903 Mallet steam, metre-gauge coaches.
How old is the Le Mastrou (Vivarais)?
The line has been in service since 1891. 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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