Practical info
151 kilometers from Nice to Digne-les-Bains
Traffic all year long, every day
4 daily return trips between Nice and Digne
5 daily return trips between Nice and Annot
Getaway to the high country
While enjoying the train’s rythmic tacataca on the railways, you will be able to contemplate the landscape through the large windows. The terraces full of olive and chestnut trees, the Verdon river and its emerald colored lake, the hilltop villages, the violet touches of the lavender fields, the snowy mountain tops of the Haut-Verdon valley and the cliffs of Annot’s sandstones follow one another. If the journey itself is an experience, the villages of Entrevaux, Annot, Saint-André-les-Alpes, Barrème, etc. are worth a stop.
Intérieur train des Chemins de Fer de Provence ligne Nice à Saint-Digne-les-Bains Intérieur train des Chemins de Fer de Provence ligne Nice à Saint-Digne-les-Bains |
Rivière Le Coulomp et viaduc de la Donne, rivière labellisé en bon état. Chemin de fer de Provence Rivière Le Coulomp et viaduc de la Donne|
A remarkable railway heritage
It was Alphonse Beau de Rochas, engineer from Digne, who imagined linking Nice to Grenoble, via Digne in 1861.
His project will take 50 years to come to fruition.
To adapt to the steep relief, in particular between Entrevaux and Barrème, a large number of works of art have been produced. These bridges, viaducts and retaining walls are the beauty of the line today.
At the level of the village of Fugeret, the route describes an S to gain altitude: the slope is too steep for a straight line. You therefore observe this same village twice.
Did you know ?
The distance between the rails is one meter while the standard spacing is 1.435 m. This choice allowed tighter curves to adapt to the steep terrain and thus lower construction costs.
Further information
A regular service every day of the year with four daily return trips between Nice and Digne-les-Bains plus a daily return trip to Nice Annot.
Tickets are taken at the station.
For optional stops that do not have a station master, signal the conductor to stop, the ticket is delivered to the train by the controller.
All timetables
All the information on road works and traffic restrictions
Dogs are admitted under certain conditions.
Nice train station – 04 97 03 80 80
Digne les Bains station – 04 92 31 01 58
To benefit from on-board commentaries, real-time timetables, traffic information and the price list, download the “Chemins de Fer de Provence” app available on the App Store and Google Play.
The railways of Provence welcome people regardless of their disability, by prior reservation.
