FC de Onda al Grao de Castellon y Villareal-Puerto de Burriana

The FC de Onda al Grao de Castellon y Villareal-Puerto de Burriana was a Spanish 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge narrow gauge railway that operated over 43 kilometres of track between 1888 and 1963, when the system closed. Opening dates of the various sections are as follows:

Main line 29 km

Grao de Castellon - Casellon de la Plana 1888-1963.
Casellon de la plana - Vilarreal 1889-1963.
Villarreal - Onda 1890-1963.

Branch line 14 km.

Vilarreal - Burriana 1907-1956, reopened 1960-1963.
Burriana - Grao de Burriana 1907-1936.
Burriana - Porto de Burriana 1948-1956.

At closure the railway had 12 steam locomotives of 0-6-0T and 0-6-2T types, 35 passenger cars and 172 freight cars.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Morley, J. & P.G. Spencer, Locomotives & Railcars of the Spanish Narrow Gauge Public Railways, London, 1995, Industrial Railway Society


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