Le train jaune de Cerdagne - The Yellow Train in Cerdagne

This train runs in the department of Oriental Pyrenees, in Cerdagne's region, near Spain and near the Mediterranean Sea.
It is a line of the SNCF (French National Railways).
This line connects the city of Villefranche de Conflent (Villefranche - Vernet les Bains's station),  426 m above sea level, with La Tour de Carol (station of La tour de Carol - Enveigt), in 1232 m of height. Distance crossed between 2 stations is of 62 km.
The highlight of the line is in 1592 m, in Bolquère's station, in 30 km of Villefranche.
It is well a line of mountain, with important declivities.

The route is of a major tourist interest!

It is a single-track constructed line, in the gauge of 1 metre (the normal way SNCF is of 1,44 m), it is so a more narrow way, better adapted to the relief.
It is electrified, by side rail (3 ° heightened rail, next to the 2 rails of movement, as the Parisian subway), this from the very beginning of the line. Current is of 850 volts continuous.
To Villefranche, it is in correspondence with a line SNCF with normal gauge which drives in Perpignan.
At La Tour de Carol, two correspondences:
- normal track SNCF  towards Toulouse
- wide Spanish track towards Barcelona.
The yellow train serves in  particular Font-Romeu and Bourg-Madame..

For much more details, consult the bibliography and links in te French page (and also for links to photos).

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