The French and Italian Waldensian valleys, with the mountain-passes between them
[ Paris to Turin and the Italian Riviera.]
By Fontainebleau, Joigny, Dijon, Macon, Bourg, Ambérieux, Culoz, Aix-les-Bains, Chambery, Modane, and Mont Cenis. The continuation of this line southwards from Turin extends [to Genoa by Alessandria] (page 279).
Part First.—Paris to Modane, 431 miles. Time by the Rapide, 13 hrs. 36 min. Part Second.—Modane to Turin, 58½ miles. Time by Express, 3 hrs. 27 min.
Time-tables.—In England, see under “London to Turin” in the Continental Time-tables of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, which Company give through tickets. In Paris, start from the station of the Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon. At the bookstall buy one of their Time-tables, 40 c. The best resting-places are Dijon, Macon, and Chambery. For the whole route consult the [Sketch Map on the fly-leaf]. For the northern part, between Paris and Macon, see [map, page 1]; and from Macon to Turin, [map, page 26].
[ PART I.—PARIS TO MODANE.]
MODANE 431 PARIS. In front of the departure side of the Chemins de Fer de Lyon Station is the Grand Hôtel de l’Univers, and under it a Café Restaurant. A little farther off is Hôtel Jules César. Good restaurant also in the station. For the first 274 m. between Paris and Macon, see pages 1 to 26. At Morel junction the Vichy line separates from this one. At [Montereau], 49½ m. from Paris (p. 10), the Express halts 4 min.; but not the Rapide. At [La Roche] (p. 14) both the Rapide and the Express halt 5 min. At [Tonnerre] (p. 17) they halt again 5 min. At [Les Laumes] (p. 19) the Express halts 5 min. At [Dijon] (p. 20) both halt 6 min. At [Macon] (p. 26) they halt 5 min. At Macon the Turin line separates from the Marseilles line, and goes 23 m. E. to Bourg, 297 m. from Paris. At Bourg, in the church of Brou, are sumptuous mausoleums. From Bourg a loop-line traverses a picturesque country by Nantua to Geneva, 97 m. W. (See [map, p. 27]; and for description, Black’s France, North half.) 5½ m. S.E. from Bourg the line crosses the Ain at the village of Pont-Ain, and afterwards arrives at [Ambérieu], 316¼ m. S.E. from Paris, and 114¾ m. N.W. from Modane. At Ambérieu the Rapide halts 10 min., and the Express 15 min. Ambérieu, pop. 4000, is a pleasant town on the Albarine at the base of the Jura mountains, and connected by rail with Lyon, 32½ m. west. From Ambérieu another loop-line extends 11 m. S. through a mountainous country to Montallieu, pop. 2000, with important quarries, on the Fouron near its junction with the Rhône. Between Ambérieu and Culoz the rail passes through the last ramifications of the Jura