Portbou railway station

Portbou
Portbou
	Aerial view of the station
General information
Location	Carrer Claudi Planas; 17497 Portbou; Spain
Coordinates	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)	Barcelona–Cerbère (PK 97.227); Narbonne–Portbou;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	79315
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 Template:RdC lines and Girona commuter rail service line Template:RdC lines. 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	style="background:#Template:Larga Distancia color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Talgo "Mare Nostrum"	style="background:#Template:Larga Distancia color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Cerbère toward Montpellier-Saint-Roch
Figueres toward Madrid Chamartín	style="background:#Template:Larga Distancia color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Estrella "Costa Brava"	style="background:#Template:Larga Distancia color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Cerbère Terminus
Preceding station		Rodalies de Catalunya		Following station
Template:RdC stations toward Template:RdC stations		Template:RdC lines		Template:RdC stations Outbound Regional (R) services only toward Template:RdC stations
Template:RdC stations toward Template:RdC stations		Template:RdC lines		Terminus
Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Terminus		Template:Lunéa lines		Template:Lunéa stations toward Template:Lunéa stations
		Template:Lunéa lines		Template:Lunéa stations toward Template:Lunéa stations
		Template:TER Languedoc-Roussillon lines		Template:TER Languedoc-Roussillon stations toward Template:TER Languedoc-Roussillon stations
		Template:TER Languedoc-Roussillon lines		Template:TER Languedoc-Roussillon stations toward Template:TER Languedoc-Roussillon stations

References

^ ^a ^b "Listado de líneas y estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Retrieved 27 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

Portbou listing at Adif website
Portbou listing at Rodalies de Catalunya website
Information and photos of the station at trenscat.cat Template:Ca icon
Information on the dual-gauge rail link with France

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[fomento-1] "Listado de líneas y estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Retrieved 27 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

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