The train has more and more subscribers, and arguments are very diverse: convenient, economical, fast and stable. The fever with the help of transport goes beyond the routine or obligatory, and some use the first opportunity (or the first holidays) to find out Historical railwaysThematic trains and convoys that complete the most unexpected or impressive types of landscapes.
In this group of the elect, we find ArtyostThe highest railway in Europe on narrow roads, which works only from October 8 to 6. This is not an ordinary convoy, both for its design and for completion, which ends, ten kilometers in 55 minutes and with the moments when it reaches two thousand meters of height.
Up to two thousand meters
ARTASTE train suggests that it is a railway above in Europe on narrow roadsIt reaches two thousand meters of height, and in just 55 minutes it travels along a ten -kilometer route, which comes from the city of Fasting to Lake Artist, located in the Ossau Valley, in the Atlantic Pyrenees.
Many remain with the memory of Lake ArtastBut this enclave has much more. This unique trip offers an exceptional postal: a panoramic view of the mountains and Pic du Midi D’Sau, the peak of the Pyrenee, known for its impressive silhouette, and for its value for fans of climbing and skiing.
This legendary railway It was built in 1920 For a completely different purpose than the current one. At that time, it was used to facilitate the construction works of the dam of Lake Artist, initiated by Compagnie des Chemins Fer du Midi. Now he has become a tourist attraction for this area and annually receives thousands of visits.
Full experience
Curious and lovers of this vehicle should know that the Artaste train is not visited in an hour. The first will rise in a teleclabin, which takes about 15 minutes. Then they arrive in the desired place in which 55 minutes Interpretation 2000 meters highThe field can go to the more ticket, according to the ticket they acquired, because some include an hour and twenty free time on the lake.
From a company that runs this historical railway, they admit that Access for people with reduced mobility This is possible, but it is “complex”, because they do not have all the opportunities that they should. Animals are allowed, but always with a strap. In the case of minors in 1 year, television centers are not recommended. Adult ticket price, from 24 euros.
