Driver’s Eye View (France) - Le Train Rouge - Rivesaltes to Axat - Part 1 Rivesaltes to Maury

Le Train Rouge (The Red Train) runs between Rivesaltes in Roussillon and Axat in Southern Aude, following the Agly and Maury rivers the train passes through a varied and interesting landscape starting in a wide fertile valley with vineyards covering the lower regions before the valley narrows and the vines give way to the dramatic scenery of Corbières Massif and the forests of the upper valley.
In 1878 “La Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi et du Canal latéral à la Garonne” began building a railway line in the Eastern Pyrénées to connect Carcassonne with Perpignan. The route used by today’s “Le Train Rouge” was complete in 1904. As with many lines built in lightly populated areas, it fell victim to improved road transport, eventually falling into disuse in the late 1980’s.
In 1992 three railway enthusiasts formed an association to resurrect a train service along the route, by 2001 they had succeeded raising sufficient funds, volunteers and rolling stock to run a train service. TPCF - Train du Pays Cathare et du Fenouillèdes (Fenouillèdes is the Catalan name for this region) run today's train service, the friendly staff and volunteers would love to welcome you aboard one of their trains, but if you can't make it please sit back and enjoy a virtual ride through the beautiful French/Catalonian Countryside.

To learn more or to book your own adventure, please click on this link - https://www.letrainrouge.fr/

A number of people have asked what the clicking sound is. I looked on the internet and this is the best answer I could find. Please click on the link, an English translation is available by clicking on the "English Translation" tab - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaman

This railway was included as part of a Rail Discoveries “Catalonia & Little Trains of the Pyrenees” tour, for more information please click on this link - https://www.raildiscoveries.com/tours...

To learn more about the route, please click on this link - https://mikendavid.blog/2020/10/10/le...

Europe Map 00:22 - https://wikitravel.org/shared/File:Ma...

Route Map 00:29 & 00:36 - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/O...

Music - Track - Composer - Source 00:00 & 50:34 - ES_The Parisian Barber - Trabant 33 - epidemicsound.com