Train to Zaragoza at Canfranc station,

Adif plans standard gauge conversion for section connecting to France

Train to Zaragoza at Canfranc station WikiMedia, Jule_Berlin

Adif has awarded a contract for the preparations for switching the 138-kilometre long Huesca-Canfranc line in Spain to the standard gauge. It is part of an effort to reopen a cross-border railway across the Pyrenees to France, which has been closed for decades.

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Author: Esther Geerts

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1 comment op “Adif plans standard gauge conversion for section connecting to France”

Mike Hindson-Evans|20.07.23|17:43

Thanks for the report from September 2022.

Canfranc (and the 2023-reopened hotel) is on my bucket list. I had not expected to be able to get there by train, but who knows?

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Train to Zaragoza at Canfranc station,

Adif plans standard gauge conversion for section connecting to France

Train to Zaragoza at Canfranc station WikiMedia, Jule_Berlin

Adif has awarded a contract for the preparations for switching the 138-kilometre long Huesca-Canfranc line in Spain to the standard gauge. It is part of an effort to reopen a cross-border railway across the Pyrenees to France, which has been closed for decades.

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Author: Esther Geerts

Former Editor RailTech.com

1 comment op “Adif plans standard gauge conversion for section connecting to France”

Mike Hindson-Evans|20.07.23|17:43

Thanks for the report from September 2022.

Canfranc (and the 2023-reopened hotel) is on my bucket list. I had not expected to be able to get there by train, but who knows?

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