Ligne de Cerdagne
km Station Altitude ( m ) Local attractions
0 Villefranche-de-Conflent - Vernet-les-Bains - Fuilla ( interchange with services to Perpignan ) 427 walled town , Fort Liberia , Grottes Les Canalettes
4.990 Serdinya 526
6.229 Joncet 550
9.720 Olette - Canaveilles-les-Bains 608
11.613 Nyer ( halt ) 664 Nature reserve , exhibition of bats at the Maison de la réserve
13.860 Thuès-les-Bains 747
16.273 Thuès-Carança 789 access to the Gorges de la Carança
19.704 Fontpédrouse -Saint-Thomas-les-Bains 1051 Baths at St-Thomas-les-Bains
22.727 Sauto 1224
25.222 Planès 1373 11th-century church
27.871 Mont-Louis - la Cabanasse 1511 Citadelle de Mont-Louis ; Mont-Louis Solar Furnace
30.214 Bolquère-Eyne 1593 summit of the line
34.925 Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via 1534
42.463 Estavar 1328
44.670 Saillagouse 1302
46.613 Err 1335 10th-century church of Our Lady of Err
48.389 Sainte-Léocadie 1281 Musée de Cerdagne
52.835 Osséja 1241
55.689 Bourg-Madame 1144 Espace d'Art Contemporain ; border town
58.711 Ur-les-Escalde 1188 romanesque church
List of stations
Crossing a viaduct
The Ligne de Cerdagne, usually referred to as the Train Jaune (, ), is a 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 long and climbs to at Bolquère-Eyne, the highest railway station in France. The line serves 22 stations, fourteen of which are request stops (i.e., the train only stops when specifically requested by passengers). 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 . Two types of train are used; ones using modern, entirely closed two-car multiple units and others using old style trailer carriages and powered carriages - most are enclosed but when the weather allows, open carriages are also used. The open carriages allow dramatic views as the train traverses the twisting route and are popular with tourists. Line maintenance vehicles are stored at Villefranche-de-Conflent.