Portbou railway station
Railway station in Portbou, Spain
42°25′29″N 3°9′28″E / 42.42472°N 3.15778°E / 42.42472; 3.15778- Barcelona–Cerbère (PK 97.227)[1]
- Narbonne–Portbou
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Colera towards Barcelona Sants | R11 | Cerbère Outbound Regional (R) services only Terminus | ||
Colera towards L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | RG1 | Terminus | ||
Preceding station | TER Occitanie | Following station | ||
Terminus | 22 | Cerbère towards Avignon-Centre | ||
23 | Cerbère towards Narbonne | |||
25 | Cerbère towards Toulouse |
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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 and TER Occitanie 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 Portbou railway station and Cerbère railway station in France, both track gauges run through the Balitres tunnel.
References
- ^ a b "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. 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 (in Catalan)
- Information on the dual-gauge rail link with France
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