Martigny–Châtelard Railway

Martigny–Châtelard Railway
Overview
Type Part rack railway
Locale Valais
Technical
Line length 19 km (11.8 mi)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Electrification 830 V DC Overhead line
Maximum incline

adhesion 7%

Rack 20%
Rack system Strub

The Martigny–Châtelard Railway, abbreviated MC, French Chemins de fer Martigny–Châtelard, is a 19 km (11.8 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge rack railway in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. The transport company "Chemin de fer de Martigny–Châtelard" merged in 2001, the resulting Transports de Martigny et Régions now markets this line and the connecting Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway as Mont-Blanc Express.

Contact with the other networks

Rolling stock

Merger with MO

This transport company merged 2001 with the Martigny–Orsières Railway and is now known as "Transports de Martigny et Régions".

See also

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