Luxury route
El Expreso de La Robla
Bilbao → León · Spain
Retraces the historic La Robla coal railway, Spain’s longest narrow-gauge line, on a three-day luxury run between Bilbao and León.
How this line was checked
- The 323 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 8394574 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 89 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 26 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Renfe: our line passes within 620 m of every station REGIONAL calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the El Expreso de La Robla?
The El Expreso de La Robla runs 335 km from Bilbao to León.
How long does the El Expreso de La Robla take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 days for the 335 km. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the El Expreso de La Robla?
Renfe, with FEVE narrow-gauge saloons.
How old is the El Expreso de La Robla?
The line has been in service since 2003. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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