The lost Pyrenees station in Lleida

The lost Pyrenees station in Lleida

A railway station in the Pyrenees range? No, but Lleida Pirineus station does not overlook the Pyrenees, but the mountains are within the province of Lleida.

Lleida Pirineus ('Lleida Pyrenees') is a railway station serving the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. Despite the name, a part of the Catalan Pyrenees is located within the province of Lleida, just not directly at the station. The station, built in 1927, serves as a transport hub connecting the interior of Spain with the Mediterranean coast. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Pardinyes and Rambla de Ferran and serves both broad gauge and standard gauge trains, operated by both Adif-Renfe and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. It is the terminus of several regional railway services centered in Aragon and Catalonia, and one of the stations on the Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line. Lleida Pirineus station is the terminal station of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) Lleida - La Pobla de Segur line.

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Written by Nik Frost

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