Owned by Adif Station code 79315 Province Province of Girona | Structure type At-grade Opened 1878 | |
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Location Carrer Claudi Planas17497 PortbouSpain Owner Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias Similar Gare de Cerbère, Costa Brava, Église Notre‑Dame‑des‑Anges de Collio, Maçanet‑Massanes railway station, Figueres railway station | ||
Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1. SNCF-operated TER Languedoc-Roussillon and Intercités trains also serve the station.
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 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Between Cerbère railway station and Portbou railway station, both track gauges run together.
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