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)
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   Rodalies de Catalunya   Following station
Outbound Regional (R) services only
Terminus
R11
Colera
toward Barcelona Sants (via Granollers Centre)
TerminusRG1
Colera
toward L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (via Mataró)
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
Intercités
night trains		Terminus
Intercités
night trains
toward Perpignan
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 2
toward Narbonne
TER Languedoc-Roussillon 5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.

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