Welcome back to Le train Rouge - Rivesaltes to Axat. In Part 2 “Maury to Lapradelle” our train passes through the Languedoc wine making region of Southern France. If you are planning to visit the area or maybe you are just curious, this article is well worth reading - anglophone-dir...
We continue our gentle climb following the Agly and Maury rivers. Vineyards cover the valley floor and lower slopes of the Pyrenees on the Southern side and the lower slopes of the Massif Central on the Northern side. The neatly laid out vines are replaced by tall conifers as we get closer to Lapradelle.
In 1878 “La Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi et du Canal latéral à la Garonne” began building a railway line in the Eastern Pyrénées to connect Carcassonne with Perpignan. The route used by today’s “Le Train Rouge” was complete in 1904. As with many lines built in lightly populated areas, it fell victim to improved road transport, eventually falling into disuse in the late 1980’s. In 1992 three railway enthusiasts formed an association to resurrect a train service along the route, by 2001 they had succeeded raising sufficient funds, volunteers and rolling stock to run a train service. TPCF - Train du Pays Cathare et du Fenouillèdes (Fenouillèdes is the Catalan name for this region). The friendly staff and volunteers would love to welcome you on one of their trains, but if you can't make it please sit back and enjoy a virtual ride through the beautiful French/Catalonian Countryside.
To learn more or to book your own adventure, please click on this link - www.letrainrou...
This railway was included as part of a Rail Discoveries “Catalonia & Little Trains of the Pyrenees” tour, for more information please click on this link - www.raildiscov...
To learn more about the route, please click on this link - mikendavid.blo...
Europe Map 00:31 - wikitravel.org...
Route Map 00:38 & 00:45 - wiki.openstree...
Music - Track - Composer - Source 00:00 & 47:50 - ES_Toujours Seule - Trabant 33 - epidemicsound.com
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