Bolquère
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Bolquère is a commune
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
department in southern France
.
Bolquère railway station is the highest SNCF
station in France at an elevation of 1593 metres. It serves the Yellow Train
exclusively.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales
Pyrénées-Orientales is a department of southern France adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. It also surrounds the tiny Spanish enclave of Llívia, and thus has two distinct borders with Spain.- History :...
department in southern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Bolquère railway station is the highest SNCF
SNCF
The SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
station in France at an elevation of 1593 metres. It serves the Yellow Train
Yellow train
The Ligne de Cerdagne, often called the Yellow Train , is a metre gauge railway that runs from Villefranche-de-Conflent through to Mont-Louis in France. It was started in 1903 and the section to Mont-Louis was completed in 1910, followed by an extension to Latour-de-Carol in 1927.It is long and...
exclusively.
See also
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department
- Jungfraujoch railway stationJungfraujoch railway stationJungfraujoch railway station is a station on the Jungfraubahn in the Swiss canton of Bern.At above sea level, this is the highest railway station in Europe. It serves the Jungfraujoch....
(3454 metres) – highest railway station in Europe