Scenic route
R11 Costa Brava Line
Barcelona → Portbou · Spain
R11 Costa Brava Line in pictures
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- Distance
- 172 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 21 min
- Average speed
- 73 km/h
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- Rodalies de Catalunya
- Train
- Renfe Class 447/449 EMU
- Countries
- Spain
- In service since
- 1878
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Regional trains skirt Costa Brava cliffs near the French border before Portbou, terminus of the line completed in 1878.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6021916 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 15904 (Zug-Nr. 15904)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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