Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line
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RENFE
Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668-mm "Iberian gauge" and 1435-mm "European gauge" networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company ADIF .- History :The name RENFE is derived from that of the former Spanish National...
on Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya , or FGC, is a railway company which operates several unconnected lines in Catalonia, Spain....
(FGC) infrastructure, and administered by the Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida
Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida
Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida or ATM Àrea de Lleida is one of the five transport authority corporations in Catalonia responsible for the coordination of public transport systems in Lleida and its surroundings, the Àrea de Lleida.It's a consortium made up by the Lleida...
. In 2010, the line will be fully operated by FGC, dropping the RENFE name Ca7. It was opened in 1951 in order to communicate Lleida
Lleida
Lleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
, the capital of the province of the same name
Lleida (province)
thumb|250px|Monastery of [[Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes]].Lleida is a province of north-eastern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Girona, Barcelona, Tarragona, Zaragoza and Huesca and the countries of France and...
, with La Pobla de Segur
La Pobla de Segur
La Pobla de Segur is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Pallars Jussà, province of Lleida, Catalonia, in northern Spain. According to the 2009 census , the town has a population of 3,237 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the Flamicell and Noguera Pallaresa rivers in...
, a town in the Pyrenees
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
.
A 70% of its passengers concentrate in the Lleida—Balaguer
Balaguer
Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre....
section, which constitutes a regular commuter service, and the possibility of converting it into a tram-like service has been considered by the Generalitat de Catalunya
Generalitat de Catalunya
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. On the other hand, the rest is basically a regional line with tourist use. Journey time for the whole line is 1 hour and 50 minutes.
Technical details
| Length | 89.35 km (55.52 mi) |
| Track gauge | (Iberian gauge Iberian gauge Iberian gauge is the name given to the track gauge most extensively used by the railways of Spain and Portugal: namely .... ) |
| Number of stations | 17 |
| Tunnels | 41 |
| Longest tunnel | Palau, 3499 m (11,479.7 ft) under Mont-roig |
| Bridges | 31 |
| Longest bridge | Bridge on the Segre Segre Segre may be* Beniamino Segre , Italian geometer* Corrado Segre , Italian geometer distantly related to Beniamino* Emilio Segrè , Italian American physicist* Segre River, a river in Catalonia... in Balaguer Balaguer Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre.... , 160 m (524.9 ft). |