Barcelona–Cerbère railway

Barcelona–Cerbère railway
350px Renfe Operadora's Estrella "Costa Brava" train hauled by a locomotive 252.040 near Vilamalla station
Overview
Native name	Línia Barcelona-Cervera de la Marenda
Type	Heavy rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Catalonia
Termini	Barcelona Estació de França Cerbère
Line number	R2, R2 Nord, R8, R11, RG1
Operation
Opened	1854
Owner	Adif
Operator(s)	Renfe Operadora
Character	At-grade
Technical
Line length
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Operating speed
Route number	270
Route map Legend Barcelona Estació de França Barcelona - Girona File:BSicon utvSTR+lg-.svg x20px line to Barcelona Pl. Catalunya File:BSicon tCONTffq.svg x20px line to Barcelona P. de Gràcia x20px line to Barcelona T. Baró x20px x20px Clot Barcelona El Clot-Aragó line to Barcelona File:BSicon BRIDGE-Rf.svg File:BSicon BRIDGE-Lf.svg Barcelona Sagrera line to Mataró File:BSicon tv-SHI1+l.svg File:BSicon tBS2c4.svg Barcelona Sant Andreu Comtal Sant Andreu File:BSicon tv-STRe.svg x20px Sant Andreu depots line to Girona line to Barcelona T. Baró Montcada Bif. x20px line to Manresa Montcada i Reixac La Llagosta line to Castellbisbal Mollet - Sant Fost Montmeló Granollers Centre Les Franqueses - Granollers Nord Cardedeu Llinars del Vallès Palautordera Sant Celoni Gualba Riells i Viabrea - Breda Hostalric File:BSicon hSTR3+l.svg x20px line to Mataró line to Girona Maçanet-Massanes Sils Caldes de Malavella Riudellots Fornells de la Selva line to Barcelona Sants Girona line to Figueres-Vilafant Girona - Figueres river Onyar Celrà Bordils-Juià Flaçà river Ter Sant Jordi Desvalls Camallera river Fluvià Sant Miquel de Fluvià Tonyà Vilamalla line to Barcelona Sants Figueres Figueres Vilafant line to Perpignan Figueres - Portbou river Muga Peralada Vilajuïga Llançà Platja de Garbet Colera Portbou tunnel Portbou x20px x20px x20px Spain/France border x20px x20px Cerbère line to Narbonne |} |}

The Barcelona–Cerbère railway is a 168-kilometre (104.39 mi) railway line linking Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain to Cerbère in France.

History

It was built between 1858 and 1878 and electrified between 1981 and 1982 .

Gallery

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  Barcelona Estació de França

• 253 102 - Comsa - frutero - Figueres - Jordi Verdugo.jpg

  Freight train on the line

• 470 - Figueres - 2 - Jordi Verdugo.jpg

  Regional train

• Estrella Costa Brava a su paso por Vilamalla.jpg

  Estrella

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  Portbou railway station

• 252075 Renfe Catalan Talgo - Mollet del Valles - 23-11-2009 - Luis Zamora.jpg

  Locomotive 252.075 with the Catalan Talgo.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Adif. Official website of the railway's owner