Puigcerdà train station
| Puigcerdà train station | |
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Connecting station |
| opening | 1928 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Puigcerda |
| province | Girona province |
| Autonomous community | Catalonia |
| Country | Spain |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 25 '46 " N , 1 ° 55' 28" E |
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| List of train stations in Spain | |
The Puigcerdà train station (also Puigcerda or Puigcerdá) is a border station in the Spanish Pyrenees on the border with France . It has tracks with two gauges, the Iberian broad gauge and the European standard gauge .
location
The town of Puigcerdà, with 8,838 inhabitants (as of November 2011), and its slightly lower train station are located at an altitude of more than 1200 meters in the comarca of Cerdanya in the province of Girona .
history
The section to Puigcerdà of the Barcelona – Latour-de-Carol - Enveitg line and the station were opened at the end of 1922, the extension to the French station Latour-de-Carol - Enveitg on June 5, 1928. From there comes a standard gauge track for French trains , which crossed the broad gauge track at the north end of the station and was interrupted at this point after 1997. The former freight yard with the reloading hall and all standard-gauge systems lie fallow.
business
Currently, three tracks are used on two platforms that are connected by level crossings. The station is served by trains to Latour-de-Carol - Enveitg on the R3 line on the Barcelona regional network. An inclined elevator, partly above ground, leads from the train station into the city.
gallery
Southern head of the station with an incoming regional train
In the foreground the former “French” platform
Former transhipment hall broad gauge / standard gauge
Crossing of both gauges in the northern entrance to the station, 1998
Tracks of both gauges to Latour-de-Carol - Enveitg
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ascensor inclinat de Puigcerdà, accessed on March 19, 2013