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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
Does anyone have first hand information on crossing the border from
near LANNEMEZAN (65330) and local traffic on the Spainsh side with a view to making it by train to Madrid. ?Jaca ? CanFranc ? Any help welcome. Mid August. |
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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
"MCKAY john" wrote in message ... Does anyone have first hand information on crossing the border from near LANNEMEZAN (65330) and local traffic on the Spainsh side with a view to making it by train to Madrid. ?Jaca ? CanFranc ? Any help welcome. Mid August. I once went up the valley of the ASPE past Bedous and Accous and arrived at Etsaut. Just up the road/valley from Etsaut is where the GR10 "Pyrenees walk " crosses and going south east towards the Mediterranean there is a fantastic path cut out of the cliff face called Chemin de la Mature. Wonderful history and an interesting walk. Further up the valley is the summit and the Col du Somport. Below is the tunnel linking France with Spain that has not been in use since an accident in 1970. The wonderful CANFRANC station was going to be an International border station but is now in a bit of a sorry state. Apparently there is a bus linking Oloron with Canfranc so the rail passengers can actually make this crossing but without the use of the tunnel.http://www.canfranc.com/accesos.htm This is an interesting site :http://www.canfranc.de/starte.htm For trains from Canfranc to Zaragoza look up www.renfe.es |
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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
"Nige" wrote in message ... "MCKAY john" wrote in message ... Does anyone have first hand information on crossing the border from near LANNEMEZAN (65330) and local traffic on the Spainsh side with a view to making it by train to Madrid. ?Jaca ? CanFranc ? Any help welcome. Mid August. I once went up the valley of the ASPE past Bedous and Accous and arrived at Etsaut. Just up the road/valley from Etsaut is where the GR10 "Pyrenees walk " crosses and going south east towards the Mediterranean there is a fantastic path cut out of the cliff face called Chemin de la Mature. Wonderful history and an interesting walk. Further up the valley is the summit and the Col du Somport. Below is the tunnel linking France with Spain that has not been in use since an accident in 1970. The wonderful CANFRANC station was going to be an International border station but is now in a bit of a sorry state. Apparently there is a bus linking Oloron with Canfranc so the rail passengers can actually make this crossing but without the use of the tunnel.http://www.canfranc.com/accesos.htm This is an interesting site :http://www.canfranc.de/starte.htm For trains from Canfranc to Zaragoza look up www.renfe.es It appears that the old railway tunnel has now been opened for road use and so links France and Spain at this point. Presumably there are now more regular means of getting through by public transport. http://www.pyrenees-atlantiques.equi...aq-somport.pdf |
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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
"MCKAY john" wrote in message ... Does anyone have first hand information on crossing the border from near LANNEMEZAN (65330) and local traffic on the Spainsh side with a view to making it by train to Madrid. ?Jaca ? CanFranc ? Any help welcome. Mid August. map of the railways in ARAGON province - Canfranc to Zaragoza - from the Spanish rail web site: http://www.renfe.es/mediadistancia/mapa_centro.html |
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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
"Martin Theodor Ludwig" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:18:19 +0100, "Nige" wrote: Further up the valley is the summit and the Col du Somport. Below is the tunnel linking France with Spain that has not been in use since an accident in 1970. The wonderful CANFRANC station was going to be an International border station but is now in a bit of a sorry state. It appears that the old railway tunnel has now been opened for road use and so links France and Spain at this point. Not quite correct - there was a new road tunnel built a few years ago. And in the old rail tunnel I've observed some work - as the rumour got it, it's slightly(?) refurbished that it can be used for emergencies or evacuation of the (almost parallel) road tunnel. Regards, Martin Oh I thought they had used the route of the old rail tunnel - but looking at this very informative piece, it seems that the old rail tunnel is as you say used for emergency evacuations. QUOTE: A novelty for two-way tunnels is that this tunnel will be equipped with evacuation galleries every 400 metres connected to the railway tunnel, not in use at the present time. When this railway tunnel is reopened in the future, the mission of the galleries will be double, attending to the safety in both tunnels.UNQUOTE So it seems that the rail line may also open in the future ! http://www.ita-aites.org/cms/835.html |
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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
"MCKAY john" wrote in message ... Does anyone have first hand information on crossing the border from near LANNEMEZAN (65330) and local traffic on the Spainsh side with a view to making it by train to Madrid. ?Jaca ? CanFranc ? Any help welcome. Mid August. This is taken from the French railways web and shows the timetable for the route from PAU to Canfranc. http://www.ter-sncf.com/Images/Pau_O...cm17-21387.pdf This shows a map of the rail link between Pau and Oloron. http://www.ter-sncf.com/Images/09-Pa...tcm17-6241.jpg Until the railway is restored, the French run a bus service from Oloron to Canfranc. At Canfranc you can find a train to Zaragossa. www.renfe.es |
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To Spain across the mid Pyrenees border
"MCKAY john" wrote in message ... Does anyone have first hand information on crossing the border from near LANNEMEZAN (65330) and local traffic on the Spainsh side with a view to making it by train to Madrid. ?Jaca ? CanFranc ? Any help welcome. Mid August. This is taken from the French railways web and shows the timetable for the route from PAU to Canfranc. http://www.ter-sncf.com/Images/Pau_O...cm17-21387.pdf This shows a map of the rail link between Pau and Oloron. http://www.ter-sncf.com/Images/09-Pa...tcm17-6241.jpg Until the railway is restored, the French run a bus service from Oloron to Canfranc. At Canfranc you can find a train to Zaragossa. www.renfe.es |
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