Portbou railway station
Portbou | |
|---|---|
 Aerial view of the station | |
| Location |
Carrer Claudi Planas 17497 Portbou Spain |
| Coordinates | 42°25′29″N 3°9′28″E / 42.42472°N 3.15778°ECoordinates: 42°25′29″N 3°9′28″E / 42.42472°N 3.15778°E |
| Owned by | Adif |
| Operated by | Renfe Operadora and SNCF |
| Line(s) |
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| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 79315[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1878 |
Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1. SNCF-operated TER Languedoc-Roussillon and Intercités trains also serve the station.
The station is a border railway station where all trains have to stop, as those coming from/going into France have to change gauge from 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Between Cerbère railway station and Portbou railway station, both track gauges run together.
Rail services
| Preceding station | Renfe Operadora | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figueres toward Cartagena |
Talgo "Mare Nostrum" | Cerbère toward Montpellier-Saint-Roch | ||
| Figueres toward Madrid Chamartín |
Estrella "Costa Brava" | Cerbère Terminus | ||
| Preceding station |  Rodalies de Catalunya |
Following station | ||
Colera toward Barcelona Sants | R11 | Outbound Regional (R) services only Terminus |
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Colera toward L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | RG1 | Terminus | ||
| Preceding station | SNCF | Following station | ||
| Terminus | Intercités night trains | toward Paris-Austerlitz |
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| Intercités night trains | ||||
| TER Languedoc-Roussillon 2 | toward Avignon-Centre |
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| TER Languedoc-Roussillon 5 | toward Portbou |
References
- 1 2 "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
External links
- Portbou listing at Adif website
- Portbou listing at Rodalies de Catalunya website
- Information and photos of the station at trenscat.cat (Catalan)
- Information on the dual-gauge rail link with France
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