Cremallera de Núria

Ribes-Enllaç-Vall de Núria
Route length:	12.491 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Power system :	1500 V  =
Maximum slope :	150  ‰
Minimum radius :	80 m
Top speed:	37 km / h
Legend 0.0 Ribes-Enllaç transition to 905 m Freser 1.2 Ribes-Vila 917 m Freser 1000 m 4.3 Rialb Rialb 1030 m 5.5 Beginning of the rack section Tosses Viaduct (110 m) Cross albs 6.3 Cross albs 1182 m (Navarro) 1470 m (Fenech) Since 2008: Roc del Dui (Little Fontalba) 1550 m 9.6 Fontalba 1635 m Fontalba 1640 m Pla de Sallent Fontnegra 1855 m Núria 1942 m 12.5 Vall de Núria 1964 m

The Cremallera de Núria ( German : rack railway of Núria ) is located in Catalonia ( Spain ) and takes 40 minutes from the 905 m high Ribes de Freser via Queralbs to the Vall de Núria ( Pyrenees ) at 1967 m . It was inaugurated in 1931 and has been operated by the Catalan railway company Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) since 1984 .

location

The Vall de Núria is a popular destination for the Catalans and can only be reached by land on foot via the historical pilgrim path (Camí vell de Núria) or with the Cremallera de Núria. The cog railway has in Ribes de Freser connection to the regional trains of the Spanish National Railways Renfe coming from Barcelona and is thus about 2 hours from the Catalan capital from distance.

In November 2008, the 1330 m long, double-lane Roc del Dui tunnel was opened in the upper part, which ensures winter safety in the altitude range between 1450 m and 1649 m.

The rack railway was and is largely operated with vehicles of Swiss and German origin, the double multiple units from 1986 and 1995 were built in Spain, but according to Swiss plans. The latest vehicles were manufactured in Switzerland again and are identical or interchangeable with the vehicles used on the Montserrat rack railway ( Cremallera de Montserrat ) (see vehicle list). The Núria vehicles are blue, the Montserrat vehicles are green.

history

1917	For the first time there was talk of the need for a road or a lift to Núria.
1924	The company Ferrocarrils de Muntanya de Grans Pendents (FMGP) planned the construction project for the rack railway.
1926	The building project was approved by royal decree.
1927	FMGP was converted into a board member of Ferrocarril de Núria by royal decree.
1928	Construction began on May 24th.
1930	First test run on December 30th with a steam locomotive from the Montserrat rack railway .
1931	Opening of the railway line on March 22nd.
1935	Inauguration of the Ribes-Enllaç station building .
1936	Business interruption until 1939 due to the civil war.
1953	Construction of the Núria station.
1982	The railway was damaged by severe flooding, and the Catalan government then took part in the board of directors of the rack railway.
1984	The rack railway was integrated into the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) network on February 2nd . Renovation work has started.
2005	Construction work began on the 1330 m long Roc del Dui tunnel.
2008	Opening of the Roc del Dui tunnel with the start of the winter season on November 27th.

vehicles

Vehicles of the Cremallera de Montserrat are listed insofar as they are or were also used in Vall Núria

Image reference	Description, name	Wheel arrangement type (UIC)	Commissioning	origin	Special features, image references
	E1 Virgen de Nuria E2 Obispo Guitart E3 José Rogent * E4 Ramón Albó	Cb g2	1930	SLM 3368 / BBC 2969 SLM 3369 / BBC 2970 SLM 3370 / BBC 2971 SLM 3371 / BBC 2972	E1 in operation E2 / E3 issued * ex Elias Rogent E4 2003 Montserrat
	A5 Puigmal A6 Torreneules A7 Taga A8 Balandrau	(Aa1) (Aa1) + (Aa1) (Aa1) g4	1986 1986 1986 1995	MTM / SLM / BBC	A5
	D9	Bbo de	1995	Stadler 237 / SLM / FIG	Temporary use of the Montserrat D9
	L09	2 dhs	1995	Stadler 238 / MAN / Zaugg	Snow blower L09 + D9
	DM6	Bbo de	2004	Stadler	built for Montserrat, since 2006 in the Vall Núria DM6
	A10 Noufonts A11 Bastiments	2'Bbo 2 'g2d	2003	Stadler 825-826	Gear GTW, identical in construction AM1 – AM5 (Montserrat)
	H12	2'Bbo g2d-de	2019	Stadler	Two-power locomotive, largely identical to the HGem 2/2 from TPC and MVR
	11, 12, 21, 22, 23	B.	1930	Abffw 11–12 Bffw 21–23	12 = cinema car 22 = set up with E2
	51	As	1930	Aaffw 51	Saloon car
	01, 28	Haik	1930	Affw 1 **, Bffw 28	Sliding wall trolley
	02, 03, PM02	R.	1930	Affw 2, Bffw 25, 24	Flat car (PM02 = Montserrat)
	27, 29	X	1930	Bffw 27, 29 **	Company car (27 = Montserrat) 29
	70.951 K53-K54	Gk	1930	K52-K54	70.951 ex K 52 = tank wagon for petroleum products
	M44, 062	Kklm	1930	M44, M ??	062 = Montserrat
	P22-P26	Kkp	1964, 62	MGB / FO Uce 4861,62,67, MGB / FO Gb-v 4433 ', MGB / BVZ K 2641 (1962, 1989 ex X 2906)	Flat car P24 with cement mixer P25 – P26 with refrigerated container
	P27-P28	B.	1949	MGB / FO B 4244–45 ex SBB A 182–183 (SWS)	Bought in 2008, still with the original paint, 4244 with an auxiliary driver's cab going uphill
		B.	1963/98/19	MGB / BVZ B 2273 and 2275 (SIG, extended in 1998)	Bought in 2019, still with the original paint, 2275 with driver's cab going uphill, for H12
	364.01	2 g1	1930	SLM 3469 / BBC 3680	Snow blower
	KCw 29	Fd			Ballast wagon
	T5	X			Contact line trolley, without gear

**) The original stock of wagons, built by the Vereinigte Westdeutsche Waggonfabrik AG, Cologne Deutz plant, is named Affw 2 (manufacture no. 150.535), ABffw 11-15 (manufacture no. 28 (serial no. 150.522–150.529) and Aaffw 51 (serial no. 151.522). The sliding wall wagon 01 was developed from the Affw 1, and there was also a Bffw 29; but the ABffw 13-15 and Bffw 26 were no longer in the inventory. A Bffw 30 is also proven. After a renovation campaign around 1942, there were 1 As 51 with 18 places, 2 A 1–2 with 36 places, 2 AB 11–12 with 42 places and 10 B 21–30 with 48 places

Web links

Commons : Cremallera Vall de Núria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Vall de Núria
• Detailed Catalan site on the Cremallera de Núria, from the TrensCat portal

Picture gallery

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  Modern train and historical bridge in the Vall de Núria

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  Entrance to the Roc del Dui tunnel

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  In the Vall de Núria mountain station

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  Mountain station Núria 1964 m

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  Queralbs train station

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  Núria station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guía de Material Motor de Vía Estrecha y Ancho Internacional. Sendai ediciones, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona) 1989, ISBN 84-86762-10-3
2. ↑ According to Märklin Magazin 1/82, the signs with the name of the Catalan socialist were removed and melted down during the civil war
3. ↑ Pictures of the cinema car on trenscat.com
4. ↑ Märklin Magazin 1/82
5. ↑ Werner Hardmeier on Drehscheibe-foren.de
6. ↑ Stadtverkehr magazine 3/89
7. ^ Maristany Manolo: Carrilets de España y Portugal, Vol. I - (España). JM Casademont - Editor, Barcelona 1974, ISBN 84-400-1178-4 , photo on page 56
8. ^ Hans Waldburger, Swiss rack railway oasis in Spain , in: Schweizer Eisenbahn-Revue 2/1988
9. ↑ P. Bazin et T. Leleu: Le chmin de fer du Vall de Nuria , in: Connaissance du Rail No. 171 (July-August 1995)