Ligne de Cerdagne

Local nameLigne de Cerdagne
LocationOccitania, France

The Ligne de Cerdagne, usually referred to as Le Petit Train Jaune, is a 1,000 mm gauge railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg in the French Pyrenees. Construction started in 1903 and the section to Mont-Louis was completed in 1910, followed by an extension to Latour-de-Carol in 1927.It is 63 kilometres long and climbs to 1,593 metres at Bolquère-Eyne, the highest railway station in France. The line serves 22 stations, fourteen of which are "request stops". There are 19 tunnels and two bridges, one of which is, unusual for a railway bridge, a suspension bridge. The line is single-track with passing loops at, for example, Mont-Louis and Fontpédrouse-Saint-Thomas-les-Bains.

The trains are powered by electricity at 850 volts DC, supplied by third rail. The power is supplied by hydro-electric generators on the River Têt. The maximum speed of the train is 55 km/h.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Cerdagne

Address N116, 66360, France

Coordinates 42°31'4.287" N 2°12'11.531" E

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