Narbonne–Portbou railway

Narbonne–Portbou railway
Narbonne–Portbou railway
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	SNCF Réseau
Locale	France (Occitania), ; Spain (Catalonia)
Termini	Narbonne station; Portbou railway station;
Service
System	SNCF
Operator(s)	SNCF
History
Opened	1858-1878
Technical
Line length	104 km (65 mi)
Number of tracks	Double track[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1.5 kV DC[2]
Route map
	Bordeaux–Sète railway
	to Béziers
	Bordeaux–Sète railway
	to Toulouse
Port-la-Nouvelle
	LGV Perpignan–Figueres
	to Figueres & Villefranche
Elne
	France
	Spain
	510.5
	166.4

The Narbonne—Portbou railway is an important 104-kilometre long railway line that connects the city of Narbonne, France to northeastern Spain. The railway was built by the Compagnie des Chemins de fer du Midi. The first section that was opened in 1858 led from Narbonne to Perpignan.[3] The line was extended to the Spanish border town Portbou in 1878.

Route

The Narbonne–Portbou railway leaves the Bordeaux–Sète railway in Narbonne towards the south. It runs close to the Mediterranean coast for much of its length. South of Perpignan the new high-speed rail to Figueres branches off. The Narbonne–Portbou railway crosses the Spanish border between Cerbère and Portbou, where the railway ends. France and Spain have different rail gauges (standard gauge and Iberian gauge, resp.), which requires change of trains. The section between Cerbère and Portbou has tracks with both gauges.

Main stations

The main stations on the Narbonne–Portbou railway are:

Services

The Narbonne–Portbou railway is used by the following passenger services:

TGV from Paris to Barcelona on the section between Narbonne and Perpignan
AVE from Barcelona to Toulouse or Lyon, and from Madrid to Marseille on the section between Narbonne and Perpignan
Intercités from Paris to Portbou via Toulouse on the whole line
TER Occitanie regional services on the whole line

References

"RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.
"RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).
Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1872). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1871 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. p. 104.

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[1] "RFF - Network map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-18.

[2] "RFF - Map of electrified railway lines" (PDF).

[Statistique-3] Direction Générale des Ponts et Chaussées et des Chemins de Fer (1872). Statistique centrale des chemins de fer. Chemins de fer français. Situation au 31 décembre 1871 (in French). Paris: Ministère des Travaux Publics. p. 104.