Heritage route
Ferrocarril de Riotinto
Talleres Mina → Los Frailes · Spain
Restored mining stock creeps along the blood-red Río Tinto through a Mars-like landscape mined for 5,000 years — Victorian steam hauls it on winter Sundays.
How this line was checked
- The 10 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 12928204 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 86% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 5 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Ferrocarril de Riotinto?
The Ferrocarril de Riotinto runs 11 km from Talleres Mina to Los Frailes.
How long does the Ferrocarril de Riotinto take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 11 km. That is an average of 7 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Ferrocarril de Riotinto?
Fundación Río Tinto, with restored mine coaches; steam on winter Sundays.
How old is the Ferrocarril de Riotinto?
The line has been in service since 1875. 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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