Chemin de fer du Vivarais

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The Vivarais Railway (CFV) is a Metric Railway in Ardèche. Today, it connects Saint-Jean-de-Muzols (at 130 m) to Lamastre (at 373 m) in 28 km. It has the peculiarity of operating in steam traction with Mallet locomotives.

Until the closure of the network, this railway was nicknamed "Le Mastrou", a name it retained for its tourist operation. After being interrupted in the summer of 2008, following financial difficulties, traffic resumed between the station of Tournon-Saint-Jean (located 3 km from Tournon-sur-Rhône, in Saint-Jean-de-Muzols) and Lamastre on July 2, 2013. During the period of interruption of railway traffic (2011 and 2012), it is operated with bicycles between Saint-Jean-de-Muzols and Boucieu-le-Roi.

In 2013, after the resumption of railway traffic between Tournon-Saint-Jean and Lamastre, the operation of the bikerail continued between the stations of Boucieu-le-Roi and Troye. The 12 km descent route between Boucieu-le-Roi and Troye is by bike and the return to Boucieu-le-Roi with the historic Billard car, of 1938, classified as a historical monument...