Portbou railway station

Portbou
Aerial view of the station
General information
Location	Carrer Claudi Planas 17497 Portbou Spain
Coordinates	42°25′29″N 3°9′28″E / 42.42472°N 3.15778°E / 42.42472; 3.15778
Owned by	Adif
Operated by	Renfe Operadora and SNCF
Line(s)	Barcelona–Cerbère (PK 97.227)[1] Narbonne–Portbou
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	79315[1]
History
Opened	1878
Services
Preceding station Rodalies de Catalunya Following station Colera towards Barcelona Sants R11 Cerbère Outbound Regional (R) services only Terminus Colera towards L'Hospitalet de Llobregat RG1 Terminus Preceding station TER Occitanie Following station Terminus 22 Cerbère towards Avignon-Centre 23 Cerbère towards Narbonne 25 Cerbère towards Toulouse
Location Portbou Location in Catalonia Show map of Catalonia Portbou Location in Spain Show map of Spain Portbou Location in Europe Show map of Europe

Portbou is a railway station serving Portbou in Catalonia, Spain. It is on the Barcelona–Cerbère railway and the Narbonne–Portbou railway. The station is owned by Adif and is served by Rodalies de Catalunya regional line R11 and Girona commuter rail service line RG1 and TER Occitanie trains also serve the station.

The station is a border railway station where all trains have to stop, as those coming from/going into France have to change gauge from 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. Between Portbou railway station and Cerbère railway station in France, both track gauges run through the Balitres tunnel.