Rattling 2,000m high through the French Pyrenees, the railway passes through one of France's wildest, most pristine landscapes.
A thick, heavy fog settled around our train as we trundled 2,000m above sea level along a serpentine track in the French Pyrenees.– the highest narrow-gauge railway in Europe – rumbled daringly close to the mountain ledge and the vertiginous drop to the valley below.
"The particularity of our open-air trains is that you can fully enjoy the scenery," said Jean-Christophe Lalanne, the Train d'Artouste's station director, noting that the rail's maximum speed is only 18kph.that crosses through 19 tunnels and 40 bridges.
It may be a sightseeing attraction now, but the Train d'Artouste was originally built to shuttle labourers and equipment, not tourists. At the end of the 19th Century, a priest and scientist who studied glaciers discovered Artouste, a glacial lake that had remained hidden deep within the mountains. Soon after, an ambitious idea was hatched to build a dam and harness the lake for hydroelectric power.
The train was originally constructed to shuttle workers and equipment to build the Artouste Dam , tourist trains such as the Train d'Artouste"speak of the engineering prowess of the time", while revealing fascinating glimpses of a region's unique history and heritage. After brushing off the last crumbs of my tuna sandwich lunch alongside other picnickers, I tightened my hiking bootlaces and followed signs for the Lacs d'Arrémoulit trail. The 2.5-hour climb ends at the Arrémoulit mountain refuge in the, which straddles the French and Spanish border and features glacial lakes, floral meadows, caves, ravines and ancient peaks and valleys across.
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