Barcelona–Cerbère railway

Barcelona–Cerbère railway
Barcelona–Cerbère railway
	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
Status	Operational
Owner	Adif
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Locale	Catalonia
Termini	Barcelona Estació de França; Cerbère;
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Route number	270
Operator(s)	Renfe Operadora
History
Opened	1854
Technical
Line length	168.1 km (104.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	At-grade
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC overhead lines
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph)

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 .

^ Although the Barcelona–Cerbère railway is at-grade for almost all of its length, it runs underground as it passes through Montmeló.

^ "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 October 18, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.

v t e Railway lines in Catalonia
High-speed	Madrid–Barcelona–Figueres Perpignan–Figueres Valencia–Sant Vicenç de Calders (partly)
Mainline	Barcelona–Cerbère Barcelona–El Prat Airport rail link Barcelona–Mataró–Maçanet-Massanes Barcelona–Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg Castellbisbal–Mollet-Sant Fost La Plana-Picamoixons–Sant Vicenç de Calders Lleida–Manresa–Barcelona Madrid–Barcelona Reus–Caspe–Zaragoza Sant Vicenç de Calders–Vilafranca del Penedès–Barcelona Tarragona–Lleida Valencia–Sant Vicenç de Calders
Local	Barcelona Metro L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L9/L10 L11 Montjuïc Funicular Barcelona–Vallès Vallvidrera Funicular Lleida–La Pobla Llobregat–Anoia Tibidabo Funicular Trambaix Trambesòs
Mountain	Montserrat Rack Railway Sant Joan Funicular Santa Cova Funicular Vall de Núria Rack Railway
Heritage	Alt Llobregat Tourist Railway Gelida Funicular Tramvia Blau
Proposed	Bages Tram-train Cornellà–Castelldefels Orbital Railway Line TramCamp TramGavarres TramVallès Transversal Rail Link
Defunct	Manresa–Guardiola Mina Grott Mollerussa–Balaguer Olot–Girona Palamós–Girona–Banyoles Reus–Salou Roda de Berà–Reus (partly) Sant Feliu de Guíxols–Girona Tortosa–La Cava Trams in Barcelona (historical system)