The Train Jaune, or Cerdagne Railway, is the main railway line in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, running along the Têt valley between Villefranche-de-Conflent and Latour-de-Carol on the SNCF network/Lio network in the Occitanie region.
The yellow train?
The Yellow Train is a railway line unique in France, running from the foothills of the Eastern Pyrenees and the Roussillon plain towards the peaks and the high Pyrenean region of Catalonia.
- Read this before you go: The Yellow Train, travelling from the Mediterranean to the peaks of the Eastern Pyrenees:
The yellow TER LIO train runs through the Pyrénées-Orientales between Villefranche and Latour-de-Carol. It serves the following stops and stations (in bold):
Villefranche de Conflent/ Vernet-les-Bains, Serdinya, Joncet, Olette Canaveille-les-Bains, Nyer, Thuès-les-Bains, Thuès-Carança, Fontpédrouse/ St Thomas, Sauto, Planès, Mont Louis/ La Cabanasse (tickets available at the ticket office), Bolquère/Eyne, Font Romeu/Odeillo Via, Estavar, Saillagouse, Err, Sainte Léocadie, Osséja, Bourg Madame, Ur-les-Escaldes, Latour-de-Carol/Enveitg.
Yellow Train Timetable
- Villefranche / Vernet <> Latour-de-Carol / Enveitg
Correspondence from Perpignan
To get to Villefranche-Vernet station, you can take the TER train to or from Perpignan.
Find details of stations, timetables and practical information about this line here:
Maps of the Yellow Train
To help you find your way, here are the IGN maps covering the route of the ‘Yellow Train’:
Travel+
- The Yellow Train: an introduction and route
- History of the TER Occitanie, Wikipedia