From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Narbonne–Portbou railway
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner SNCF RĂ©seau
LocaleFrance ( Occitania),
Spain ( Catalonia)
Termini
Service
System SNCF
Operator(s) SNCF
History
Opened1858-1878
Technical
Line length104 km (65 mi)
Number of tracks Double track [1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 1.5 kV DC [2]
Route map

km0
406.1
Narbonne
000.0
435.4
Leucate-La Franqui
450.0
Salses
to Axat
459.3
Rivesaltes
TĂȘt River
467.5
Perpignan
000.0
481.2
Elne
489.5
ArgelĂšs-sur-Mer
494.7
Collioure
497.3
Port-Vendres-Ville
502.1
Banyuls-sur-Mer
508.7
CerbĂšre
509.6
France
Spain
border
510.5
166.4
Portbou

The Narbonne—Portbou railway is an important 104-kilometre long railway line that connects the city of Narbonne, France to northeastern Spain. The railway was built by the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi. The first section that was opened in 1858 led from Narbonne to Perpignan. [3] The line was extended to the Spanish border town Portbou in 1878.

Route

The Narbonne–Portbou railway leaves the Bordeaux–Sùte railway in Narbonne towards the south. It runs close to the Mediterranean coast for much of its length. South of Perpignan the new high-speed rail to Figueres branches off. The Narbonne–Portbou railway crosses the Spanish border between Cerbùre and Portbou, where the railway ends. France and Spain have different rail gauges ( standard gauge and Iberian gauge, resp.), which requires change of trains. The section between Cerbùre and Portbou has tracks with both gauges.

Main stations

The main stations on the Narbonne–Portbou railway are:

Services

The Narbonne–Portbou railway is used by the following passenger services:

  • TGV from Paris to Barcelona on the section between Narbonne and Perpignan
  • AVE from Barcelona to Toulouse or Lyon, and from Madrid to Marseille on the section between Narbonne and Perpignan
  • IntercitĂ©s from Paris to Portbou via Toulouse on the whole line
  • TER Occitanie regional services on the whole line

References

  1. ^ "RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
  2. ^ "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
  3. ^ Direction GĂ©nĂ©rale des Ponts et ChaussĂ©es et des Chemins de Fer (1872). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 dĂ©cembre 1871 (in French). Paris: MinistĂšre des Travaux Publics. p. 104.