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°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)	Barcelona–Cerbère (PK 97.227); Narbonne–Portbou;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	79315
History
Opened	1878
Location
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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. SNCF-operated 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 Portbou railway station and Cerbère railway station in France, both track gauges run through the Balitres tunnel.

Rail services[]

Preceding station	Rodalies de Catalunya	Following station
toward Barcelona Sants	R11	Cerbère Outbound Regional (R) services only Terminus
toward	RG1	Terminus
Preceding station	SNCF	Following station
Terminus	TER Occitanie L2	Cerbère toward Avignon-Centre
Terminus	Intercités night trains	Cerbère toward Paris-Austerlitz

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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[fomento-1] "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.

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