Barcelona--Puigcerdà?

[gregor hinker]

hi,
what happened to the spanish part of the Transphyrenean line
Puigcerdà--Barcelona? HAFAS doesn't list any trains at the moment.

Some sources* mention plans to regauge the line to 1435mm/UIC --
what's the state of that project?

regards

gregor


*http://www.pyrenees-pireneus.com/TRANSPY-Toulouse-Barcelone.htm

[tobias b koehler]

Post by gregor hinker
what happened to the spanish part of the Transphyrenean line
Puigcerdà--Barcelona? HAFAS doesn't list any trains at the moment.

Don't trust Hafas when it comes to Renfe, they often don't have any
current timetables ....

http://www.renfe.es/cercanias/barcelona/index.html
tells us:

Debido a las obras de mejora de la línea Ripoll-Puigcerdá que realiza el
Ministerio de Fomento y con objeto de garantizar la movilidad de los
ciudadanos, entre el 7 de mayo y el 30 de septiembre se establecerá un
servicio alternativo de autobuses que comunicará las estaciones de
Ripoll, Campdevànol y Ribes de Freser y asegurará la continuidad del
recorrido.

Computer translation:

Due to works of improvement of the Ripoll-Puigcerdá line that the
Ministry of Public Works and the Economy makes and object to guarantee
mobility of the citizens, between the 7 of May and the 30 of September
will settle down an alternative service of buses that will communicate
the stations of Ripoll, Campdevànol and Ribes de Freser and will assure
the continuity the route.

Timetables:

http://www.renfe.es/cercanias/barcelona/pdf/c3_mural_lhosp_puig_may07.pdf
http://www.renfe.es/cercanias/barcelona/pdf/c3_mural_puig_l-hosp_may07.pdf

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Expect this kind of disruption to happen once in a while until 2010,
i.e. when the full modernisation of that route is complete.


There are indeed plans to re-gauge this line to 1,435mm, and the new
sleepers laid there actually allow for that.

But I don't think the re-gauging will actually extend further south
than Vic, as that would disrupt too much commuter traffic in the
Barcelona area, especially as this line is wholly single-tracked.

Some time next year, RENFE-Cercanias is to invite bids for CIVIA
"Alpino" EMUs due on this line, as semi-refurbished Class 440 and
fully-refurbished 440R EMUs are nearing the end of their life cycle.
These new EMUs would closely derive from current CIVIA EMUs (Class
463, 464 and 465), but they would be adapted to the steep gradients of
that line, and feature more comfortable interiors. They will
reportedly either have variable-gauge or be prepared to that or UIC
fixe-gauge...

Let's watch out what happens...


Regards,

Phil

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Post by tobias b koehler

Post by gregor hinker
what happened to the spanish part of the Transphyrenean line
Puigcerdà--Barcelona? HAFAS doesn't list any trains at the moment.

Don't trust Hafas when it comes to Renfe, they often don't have any
current timetables ....
http://www.renfe.es/cercanias/barcelona/index.html

RENFE national or international* suburban services
will not be found in DB hafas travel planner,
what is indeed a pity.

Post by tobias b koehler
Debido a las obras de mejora de la línea Ripoll-Puigcerdá que realiza el
Ministerio de Fomento y con objeto de garantizar la movilidad de los
ciudadanos, entre el 7 de mayo y el 30 de septiembre se establecerá un
servicio alternativo de autobuses que comunicará las estaciones de
Ripoll, Campdevànol y Ribes de Freser y asegurará la continuidad del
recorrido.
Due to works of improvement of the Ripoll-Puigcerdá line that the
Ministry of Public Works and the Economy makes and object to guarantee
mobility of the citizens, between the 7 of May and the 30 of September
will settle down an alternative service of buses that will communicate
the stations of Ripoll, Campdevànol and Ribes de Freser and will assure
the continuity the route.

New bustitution from June 2020 to February 2021.
Main tunnel to be repaired.

*) Line goes as far as La Tour de Carol, in more
local language La Tor de Querol.

I can add the link to the current bustitution timetable
on request.

Regards, ULF