Cerbère station

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Cerbère station (French: Gare de Cerbère) is the railway station serving the border town Cerbère, Pyrénées-Orientales department, southern France.

It is connected to the Portbou railway station in Spain by the Balitres tunnel, which uses standard gauge track for trains continuing in France and Iberian gauge track for trains continuing in Spain; both stations provide an opportunity to change between French and Spanish services. The tunnel provided a walking escape route for defeated Spanish republicans in 1939 at the end of the Spanish Civil War.

The following services currently call at Cerbère: [1] [2] [3]

Historically, the station was also served by the Catalan Talgo service from Montpellier to Barcelona and the Talgo from Montpellier to Murcia, which changed gauge at Portbou, and the Estrella Costa Brava sleeper train from Madrid (on the Iberian gauge track).

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References

  1. Timetable search, TER Occitanie
  2. Le réseau régional de transport public, TER Occitanie, accessed 12 May 2022.
  3. "Arrêt de la liaison Intercités Cerbère-Portbou : la SNCF propose un car pour rallier l'Espagne". L'Indépendant . 1 July 2022.
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Banyuls-sur-Mer Intercités (night)
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Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station
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towards Narbonne
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towards Toulouse
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