Scenic route
Montenvers Railway
Chamonix → Montenvers · France
- Distance
- 5 km
- Fastest time
- 20 min
- Top speed
- 20 km/h
- Operator
- Compagnie du Mont-Blanc
- Train
- Rack railcars
- Countries
- France
- In service since
- 1908
A rack railway since 1908, climbing from Chamonix to a balcony above the Mer de Glace — France’s largest glacier — beneath the Drus and the Grandes Jorasses.
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