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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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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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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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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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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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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Barcelona–Cerbère railway (redirect from Barcelona–Girona–Portbou railway)
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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Alt Empordà fires of 2012 (section Portbou fire)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Portbou–Cerbère crossing lies on the eastern end of the border, on the Mediterranean coast. Trains also require a transfer at either the Portbou or...
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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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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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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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as do the Renfe railway lines to Vic and Puigcerdà and to Girona and Portbou. The town is also served by the C-17 highway (formerly N-152). Mollet del...
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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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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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Paris - Rodez - Albi Paris - Pamiers - Latour-de-Carol Paris - Narbonne - Portbou Paris - Tarbes - Hendaye Paris - Toulouse "Intercités website". Archived...
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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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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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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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July 1913 – 21 September 1976) was a Spanish surrealist painter. Born in Portbou, Girona in 1913, he spent his first years in Figueras, until 1925, when...
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