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    Portbou (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌpɔɾˈβɔw]) is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1077...
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    revealed authority. In 1940, at the age of 48, Benjamin died by suicide at Portbou on the French–Spanish border while attempting to escape the advance of...
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    Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station...
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    The Narbonne—Portbou railway is an important 104-kilometre long railway line that connects the city of Narbonne, France to northeastern Spain. The railway...
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    region. Since 2014, some services have been extended further north towards Portbou, near the French border. These services are designated RG1 and are considered...
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    Hendaye and Irun in the west, running through the Pyrenees to Cerbère and Portbou on the Mediterranean Sea. It runs roughly along the drainage divide defined...
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    service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Béziers–Montpellier–Nîmes–Avignon Local service (TER Occitanie) Portbou–Cerbère–Perpignan–Narbonne–Toulouse...
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    Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France. It is connected to the Portbou railway station in Spain by the Balitres tunnel, which uses standard gauge...
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    and Spain use different rail gauges, the border stations of Cerbère and Portbou are quite busy with various transfer or gauge adjustment operations. The...
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    Railway Station Portbou Railway Station Cerbère station Barcelona Estació de França Freight train on the line Regional train Estrella Portbou railway station...
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    west of the Old Town. There are conventional trains from Barcelona to Portbou and the French border. Girona is also an important stop on the AVE services...
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    will eventually run the length of the Mediterranean coast of Spain, from Portbou, on the border with France to Tarifa, the most southerly point of Spain...
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    Girona commuter rail service RG1 from Maçanet-Massanes to Portbou. The Maçanet-Massanes-Portbou section had not previously been considered part of the Barcelona...
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    opened on 22 April 1857 and is on the Bordeaux–Sète railway and Narbonne–Portbou railway lines. The station is served by TGV (high speed), Intercités (long...
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    two fires in Alt Empordà, Catalonia, Spain started in la Jonquera and in Portbou that affected the Girona Province for three days. The first started during...
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    N-260 connects the town with Figueres and continues on to the border at Portbou. The GR 92 long distance footpath, which roughly follows the length of...
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    France and some 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) beyond the Franco-Spanish border at Portbou. the Generalitat de Catalunya defines the Costa Brava as the coastal region...
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    runs through the province connecting with the SNCF (French Railways) at Portbou on the coast. There are two publicly owned railway companies operating...
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    - Narbonne - Perpignan - Elne - Argelès-sur-Mer - Collioure - Port-Vendres - Banyuls-sur-Mer - Cerbère - Portbou daily (Portbou branch weekends only)...
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    Rafael Santos Torroella (1914, in Portbou – 2002, in Barcelona) was a Spanish art critic, translator and poet. Brother of Àngels Santos Torroella, he...
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  • the alternative to the fascist controlled coastal path from Cerbere to Portbou. This same route was called the Lister Route in 1939 (named after the Spanish...
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    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Figueres/Portbou per Mataró i Girona" [Line RG1 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Figueres/Portbou via Mataró and Girona]. trenscat...
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    Paris - Rodez - Albi Paris - Pamiers - Latour-de-Carol Paris - Narbonne - Portbou Paris - Tarbes - Hendaye Paris - Toulouse "Intercités website". Archived...
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    cover the passenger waiting areas. On the left side of the tracks, facing Portbou, is the main passenger building with two floors. The ground floor has the...
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  • 1911 – 3 October 2013) was a Catalan Spanish surrealist painter. Born in Portbou, Catalonia, she was the sister of the poet and art critic Rafael Santos...
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    border goes from the mouth of Bidasoa River to a cape between Cerbère and Portbou, and crosses the Pyrenees. The Spain-Andorra border is 63.7 km long. It...
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    3212 + coaches, transported using Iberian gauge transporter trailers via Portbou–Barcelona–Valencia–Alcazar[citation needed] on 12 October 2002 York Railfest...
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    since March 2014 connects southwards to Barcelona and northwards as far as Portbou on the commuter network. The Pujol bus company runs a shuttle service from...
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    la Selva The beach of del Borró - Port de LlanÇa - Colera Cala del Pí – Portbou Castellón The beach of Platgetes de Bellver (Playetas) - Benicàssim The...
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    Ponferrada – Orense – Vigo Sevilla – Cádiz Barcelona – Girona – Figueres – Portbou Huelva – Sevilla Jaén – Córdoba – Sevilla – Cadiz Madrid − Alcázar de San...
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