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Vallorcine
Vallorcine () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 404. Geography Vallorcine is located in the Valley of the L'Eau Noire between the Col des Montets and the France–Switzerland border, Swiss border. It is the terminus of the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway on the route between Saint-Gervais-les-Bains in France and Martigny in Switzerland; it is served by a Vallorcine station, railway station where passengers must change between French and Swiss trains. In the Swiss direction, the line continues to Le Châtelard where it joins the Martigny–Châtelard Railway which is partially rack-operated. There is a small museum at Barberine next to the Swiss border and there is a tourist information office and a post office near the railway station. La croix de Loriaz.jpg, The Cross of Loriaz on the heights of Vallorcine View i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine Railway
The Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine railway ( French: ''Ligne de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet à Vallorcine''), also known as the Saint-Gervais–Vallorcine Line, is a single-track long metre gauge railway in France connecting the SNCF's Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet station with Vallorcine station and the border with Switzerland ( Le Châtelard) through Chamonix. Opened in stages between 1901 and 1908 by the (PLM), it is part of the main SNCF network as far as Vallorcine. To Le Châtelard () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
