Tourist trains: the finest sites in France
28 sites listed in this category. Steam locomotives, little rack railways and scenic lines through gorges and valleys: these tourist trains offer an original and nostalgic way to discover the most beautiful landscapes in France.
Agrivap Train Touristique
Chemin de fer de La Mure
Yesterday a mining railway, today this mountain tourist line is recognised as the most spectacular in the Alps and one of the most prestigious in the world.
Chemin de fer de la Vendée
The Vendée tourist railway is a tourist and heritage railway that has, since 1992, contributed to safeguarding the railway heritage of the Vendée.
Chemin de fer du Vivarais
Chemin de fer touristique de la vallée de l'Aa
Chemin de fer touristique du Haut Quercy
Chemin de fer touristique du Sud des Ardennes (CFTSA)
Chemin de fer touristique du Tarn
Funiculaire de St-Hilaire-du-Touvet
Funiculaire du Pic du Jer
Gentiane express
Le Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme
The Bay of Somme lies 2 hours north of Paris. The great beaches of Le Crotoy attracted the early days of aviation.
Le Chemin de Fer du Montenvers
No need to introduce the little Montenvers rack railway that takes us to the edge of the equally famous Mer de Glace glacier.
Le P'tit Train de la Haute Somme
Le Petit Train de la Rhune
Musée des Tramways (MTVS)
Muséotrain de Semur en Vallon
Petit Train des Causses
You will visit the "Boissets" farm by little train. On site, guided tour to the panorama overlooking the Tarn gorges (500 m drop).
Promenade en train touristique du Blanc-Argent
The railway line operated by the Blanc-Argent (French secondary metre-gauge network) lets you discover, in an original way, over 67 kilometres, the landscapes of Sologne and Berry.
Train Touristique des Gorges de l'Allier
You are about to enter the Allier Gorges, where no road passes.
Train à vapeur des Cévennes
Mind the start – close the doors! A whistle blast, a jet of steam, it is the departure for a 13-kilometre journey into the heart of the Cévennes.
Tramway du Mont-Blanc
The Mont Blanc tramway, or TMB, is a rack railway line in the Mont Blanc massif linking the Saint-Gervais SNCF station (altitude 580 m) to the Bionnassay glacier (Nid d'Aigle station (TMB), altitude 2,372 m) in Haute-Savoie.
Transvap
This line, called "the Dukes' line", was at the end of the nineteenth century the flagship of the departmental-interest railway lines.
Velo Rail
Today, between Roumazières and Confolens, the old railway lines are used for an original rail-bike ride.
Velo-Rail du Bocage
Discover the Pays de Saint-Loup-du-Gast on a rail-bike running on the disused railway. 6 km route (round trip). Crossing the Rosserie viaduct.
Vélo Rail du Larzac
The Larzac Vélorail overlooks the famous Cernon valley. The century-old railway today offers a superb heritage of railway engineering works with 12 perfectly preserved tunnels and 6 viaducts.
Vélo-Rail du Val du Haut-Morin
Original and fun, the Haut-Morin valley rail-bike at La Ferté-Gaucher is the ideal playful activity to discover the landscapes of the Grand Morin valley, the fauna and flora of the Ferté hinterland and a few unmissable sites, such as the Commanderie de Coutran.
Vélorail de l'Armagnac
On a rehabilitated century-old railway, climb aboard a revisited "pedalo" and set off to discover the rolling Gers landscapes.