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A train of the Montenvers Railway passes the Mer de Glace July 2003.

The Montenvers Railway or Chemin de fer du Montenvers is a mountain railway line in the Haute-Savoie region of France. The line runs from a connection with the SNCF, in Chamonix, to the Hotel de Montenvers station, at the Mer de Glace, at an altitude of 1,913 m (6,276 ft). The line is 5.1 km (3.2 mi) long and has a rail gauge of 1 m (3 ft 3.37 in). It is a rack and adhesion railway, using the Strub design to overcome a height difference of 871 m (2,858 ft).

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