Algeciras-Bobadilla railway

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Algeciras-Bobadilla railway
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Steam Engine in Los Barrios manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Company
Overview
StatusOperational
Owner ADIF
Locale Algeciras, Spain
Termini
Service
System ADIF
Operator(s) ADIF
History
Opened1888-1892
Technical
Line length188 km (117 mi)

The Algeicras-Bobadilla railway was built by the Algeciras Gibraltar Railway Company, the first section of track was laid on 1 September 1888. The first locomotive was built by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester, England. A 1st class return ticket from Gibraltar to Ronda was set at 17.10 Pesetas. [1]

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History

The Algeciras-Bobadilla railway was built for the benefit of British officers stationed in Gibraltar wanting to travel to Spain and the rest of Europe. [2] To avoid offending Spanish sensitivities, the line was built concluding in Algeciras, a town in Spain on the opposite side of the Bay of Gibraltar, rather than at the Gibraltar border. Despite it having no direct connection to the European railway network at the time, a chapter was devoted to Gibraltar in the 1913 guidebook. [3]

So impressed were the inhabitants of Algeciras that they named two streets after people related to the project: one after John Morrison a Scottish engineer ("Juan Morrison"), and one after Alexander Henderson, who had funded the project. [4]

Current situation

In 2019 Spanish government progressed plans to renovate the ageing infrastructure of the line at an estimated cost of €159 million. [5]

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References

  1. "Ronda - Mr Henderson's Railway & Gibraltar connection". 22 October 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. Michael Portillo (22 October 2015). Great Continental Railway Journeys. Simon & Schuster. pp. 86–. ISBN   978-1-4711-5150-7.
  3. "Chief Minister is Interviewed for Popular BBC Show" (PDF). Government of Gibraltar. 31 May 2013.
  4. "Algeciras & Gibraltar Railway Company Ltd. Hotels and Trains" . Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. "Marbella train line overlooked as Spanish Government bet on Bobadilla-Algeciras route". Euro News Weekly. 15 January 2019.