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The French National Railways used to run a considerable number of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge lines, a few of which still operate mostly in tourist areas, such as the St Gervais-Vallorcine (Alps) and the "Petit Train Jaune" (little yellow train) in the Pyrenees. The original French scheme was that every sous-prefecture should be ...
APPEVA was formed in 1970 with the aim of preserving a 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) narrow gauge railway as a working museum. The CFCD was a good location, being between Paris and Lille near A1 motorway and close to Amiens. APPEVA operated its first train in June 1971 between Cappy and Froissy, a distance of 1 kilometre (1,100 yd; 0.62 mi).
Pages in category "Narrow gauge railways in France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Forest Railway Welschbruch; V. Voie ferrée d ...
Decauville allowed O&K to set up new branches at any time under the name of Decauville, which was known and well-established worldwide in the field of narrow gauge railways. In many countries around the world, the term Decauville railway was used colloquially and even in legal texts as a synonym for all small and narrow gauge railways with a ...
Lyon–Geneva railway (Switzerland, via Ambérieu and Bellegarde) Annemasse–Geneva railway (Switzerland, partly under construction) Longeray-Léaz–Le Bouveret (Switzerland, via Annemasse and Évian) Turin–Modane railway (Italy, via Fréjus Rail Tunnel) Cuneo–Ventimiglia (Italy, via Tende and Breil-sur-Roya)
With a total of 29,901 kilometres (18,580 mi) of railway, France operated the second-largest European railway network in 2007. [4] As of 2021, it was among the ten longest railway networks in the world. [7] The first railway line in the country opened in 1827 from Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux.
However, the old narrow-gauge tracks remain in place between Velestino and Palaiofarsalos via Aerino, so that occasional special excursion trains use them. Another small railway which uses narrow gauge 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) is the Mt. Pelion railway, A metric line network existed in Attica, operated by Attica Railways and later by SPAP.
The Ligne de Cerdagne (French pronunciation: [liɲ də sɛʁdaɲ]), usually referred to as Le Petit Train Jaune (English: Little Yellow Train, Catalan: Tren Groc), is a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) gauge railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent to Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg in the French Pyrenees.