Portbou railway station
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Portbou is a railway station in Portbou
, Catalonia
, Spain
. The station is located on the Narbonne–Portbou railway and the Barcelona–Portbou railway. The station is served by TER Languedoc-Roussillon (local trains) and Lunéa
(night trains) operated by the SNCF
and by local and long-distance services operated by RENFE
.
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 Iberian gauge
1668 mm (5 ft 5 2⁄3 in) to Standard gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in). Between the stations of Cerbère
and Portbou, both track gauges run together.
Portbou
Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,307 people.- Overview :It is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.Portbou...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, Spain
Spain
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. The station is located on the Narbonne–Portbou railway and the Barcelona–Portbou railway. The station is served by TER Languedoc-Roussillon (local trains) and Lunéa
Lunéa
Lunéa is a brand name used by France’s national railway company, SNCF, to denote nightly passenger rail services in France.-Network:The Lunéa network consists of the following lines:...
(night trains) operated by the 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...
and by local and long-distance services operated by RENFE
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...
.
The station is a border railway station where all trains have to stop, as those coming from/going into 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...
have to change gauge from 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 ....
1668 mm (5 ft 5 2⁄3 in) to Standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in). Between the stations of Cerbère
Gare de Cerbère
Gare de Cerbère is the railway station serving the border town Cerbère, Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France. It is connected to the Portbou railway station in Spain.The following services currently call at Cerbère:...
and Portbou, both track gauges run together.
Train services
The following services currently call at Portbou:- high speed services (TalgoTalgoTalgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. It is best known for a design of articulated railway passenger cars in which the wheels are mounted in pairs, but not joined by an axle, and being between rather than underneath the individual coaches...
) Lorca - Valencia - Barcelona - Cerbère - Montpellier - night services (EstrellaTren EstrellaEl tren Estrella is a conventional over-night railway service provided in Spain by the national rail network operator RENFE. Services leave most major Spanish cities in the evening and usually arrive at their destination the following morning....
) Madrid - Zaragoza - Barcelona - Girona - Cerbère - night services (Lunéa) Paris - Limoges - Narbonne - Portbou
- night services (Lunéa) Strasbourg/Luxembourg - Nîmes - Narbonne - Portbou
- express service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Portbou - Perpignan - Narbonne - Montpellier - Nîmes - Avignon
- local service (TER Languedoc-Roussillon) Portbou - Perpignan - Narbonne
- local service (RENFE) Barcelona - Girona - Cerbère