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translatology (23 points) 09-07-2008

Nice to see the photos. I used to pass through there often in the 1940s and 1950s on the way to and from France. It was much busier in those days, ... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 10-04-2008

The railway came late to Vilanova: the first line south from Barcelona adopted an inland route to Tarragona because of the difficulty of building a... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 01-09-2008

Cambrils is one of the main stops on the coastal railway line south of Tarragona, after Salou, on the way to Tortosa and Valencia. The building ... more...

Paulo Costaferrata (1980 points) 04-09-2008

Despite being for the most part seemingly underground, this is a bright and airy station (not at all cramped like other similar scale stations acro... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 22-05-2008

Tarragona is the principal stop on the main line between Barcelona and Valencia and a busy regional destination in its own right. Rebuilt in the... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 22-05-2008

A small but very pleasant (and spotlessly clean) station cafeteria serving hot and cold drinks and the usual Spanish snacks - tapas, pastries and f... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 10-04-2008

Lleida’s imposing main railway station sits at the end of the broad ‘Rambla de Ferran’, a fifteen-minute walk from the centre of Lleida. It’s a maj... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 17-07-2008

The main service station north of Vilanova on the way to Vilafranca isn’t actually on what is now the main road (C-31), but on the old main road, j... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 17-07-2008

This is a very small and sleepy little station serving the little town of L’Arboç, 12km south west of Vilafranca del Penedès. It’s served by a roug... more...

dmj1962 (33490 points) 17-07-2008

This is a major railway junction 40 miles to the south-west of Barcelona and 20 miles from Tarragona. Named after a small hill-top village to the ... more...