Pau–Canfranc railway

E828574

railway line

The Pau–Canfranc railway is a trans-Pyrenean rail line linking southwestern France with northeastern Spain, historically notable for its mountainous route and the grand international station at Canfranc.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pau–Canfranc railway (disused in French section)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway line ⓘ
borderCrossing	Somport Pass area NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderTunnel	Somport Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
bridgeStructure	multiple mountain viaducts ⓘ
connectsCity	Canfranc NERFINISHED ⓘ Pau NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaragoza (via connecting lines) ⓘ
connectsRegion	Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart	late 19th century ⓘ
country	France ⓘ Spain ⓘ
crosses	Franco–Spanish border NERFINISHED ⓘ
electrification	non‑electrified (French section, historically) ⓘ
endPoint	Canfranc NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasStation	Bedous station NERFINISHED ⓘ Canfranc International station NERFINISHED ⓘ Oloron-Sainte-Marie station NERFINISHED ⓘ Pau station NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major trans-Pyrenean link between France and Spain ⓘ
historicalUse	international freight traffic ⓘ international passenger traffic ⓘ
knownFor	engineering works in mountainous terrain ⓘ large viaducts and tunnels ⓘ
locatedIn	Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainousRoute	true ⓘ
notableFeature	Canfranc International railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedSection	Bedous–Canfranc NERFINISHED ⓘ Oloron-Sainte-Marie–Bedous NERFINISHED ⓘ Pau–Oloron-Sainte-Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate	early 20th century ⓘ
operator	RENFE (Spanish connecting section, various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ SNCF (French section, various periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	trans-Pyrenean rail network NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough	Bedous NERFINISHED ⓘ Canfranc International Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Oloron-Sainte-Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ Somport Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	international rail connection between southwestern France and northeastern Spain ⓘ
startPoint	Pau NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	partially closed (historically) ⓘ partially in service ⓘ
terminus	Canfranc NERFINISHED ⓘ Pau NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaragoza NERFINISHED ⓘ
topography	high-gradient mountain railway ⓘ
tunnelStructure	Somport Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bedous, Béarn, France → railwayLine → Pau–Canfranc railway ⓘ

subject surface form: Bedous

Commune of Urdos → hasRailwayInfrastructure → Pau–Canfranc railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pau–Canfranc railway (disused in French section)