Tarn Light Railway

Tarn Light Railway

Heritage Railway
name = Tarn Light Railway


caption = 030T COUILLET
locale = France
terminus = Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur
linename = Chemin de Fer Touristique du Tarn
builtby = Compagnie des chemins de fer à voie étroite et tramways à vapeur du Tarn (TVT)
originalgauge = RailGauge|600mm
preservedgauge = RailGauge|500mm
era =
owned =
operator = ACOVA ("Association pour la Conservation Occitane de Véhicules Anciens ")
stations = 2
length = convert|3.5|km|abbr=on
originalopen = 1925
closed = 1931
stageyears = 1975
stage =
The Tarn Light Railway (CFTT) is a narrow-gauge light railway near the village of Saint-Lieux-lès-Lavaur, in the vicinity of Saint-Sulpice in the department of Tarn, France. It is run as a heritage railway by a French association, the ACOVA ("Association pour la Conservation Occitane de Véhicules Anciens ") incorporated in 1975 and based in Toulouse. It operates on a RailGauge|500mm gauge and the line was reconstructed from 1974 over a length of km to mi|3.5 on the platform of the former line from La Ramière to Saint-Sulpice which operated only from 11 April 1925, to 20 June 1931.

The line starts from the Saint Lieux-lès-Lavaur terminus at the former station ex-TVT and follows the streets of Saint-Lieux till a convert|132|m|sing=on long viaduct over the river Agout. Then it runs in the Tarn countryside and woods before arriving at the present terminus at les Martels.

The ACOVA owns five steam locomotives, among which three are operating and four are considered as "Monument historique". One of them is coming from New Caledonia and was originally in the 500mm gauge (DECAUVILLE 020T) and the others have been adapted from 600 mm gauge hardware.

The Tarn Railway is operating from April to the end of October, on Sundays and holidays, and every day of the week in August. The trains perform a one hour travel between the "Saint-Lieux" station and the "Les Martels" terminus.

It is planned to extend the line to reach the hamlet and chapel of Saint-Cyriaque.

As of 2008, the current ridership is 24,000 per year.

team engines in working order

ee also

* Narrow gauge railway

References

External links

* [http://www.cftt.org/Angleterre/pagegenerale.htm CFTT, official web site]


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