Petit train de la Rhune

Petit train de la Rhune
The Petit train de la Rhune.
Overview
Stations	Col de Saint-Ignace, La Rhune
Service
System	Rack & pinion 3 phase electric railway
Operator(s)	Établissement public des stations d’altitude (EPSA)
Depot(s)	Col de Saint-Ignace
History
Opened	1924
Technical
Line length	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track with passing loops
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Electrification	3000 V, 50 Hz, three-phase
Operating speed	9 km/h (5.6 mph)
Highest elevation	905 m (2,969 ft)

The Petit train de la Rhune or (in Basque) Larrungo tren ttipia is a metre gauge rack railway in France at the western end of the Pyrenees, in the Basque Country. It links the Col de Saint-Ignace, some 10 km (6.2 mi) to the east of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, to the summit of the La Rhune mountain (Larrun). Although this summit lies on the border between France and Spain, the railway lies entirely within the French département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.