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Narrow-gauge railways in Spain

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93: 17: 506: 76:, Spanish narrow-gauge railways). Created in 1965 FEVE started absorbing numerous private-owned narrow-gauge railways. From 1978 onwards, with the introduction of regionalisation devolution under the new Spanish constitution, FEVE began transferring responsibility for a number of its operations to the new regional governments. On 31 December 2012 the company disappeared due to the merger of the narrow-gauge network FEVE and the broad-gauge network 662: 823: 648: 83:
In 2023 transport officials in RENFE in Spain resigned when it was found that narrow-gauge passenger rolling-stock ordered in 2020 for the northern regions of Asturias and Cantabria would be too wide for the tunnels and were to be redesigned with delays of a year or two in delivery.
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near Madrid, in the Sierra del Guadarrama, runs a metre gauge electric line through a short but extremely sinuous track from Cercedilla to Los Cotos. This is the only narrow gauge railway operated by RENFE rather than
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railways. The majority of these railways was historically operated by
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regional government rail company. This company also owns several
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FC de Onda al Grao de Castellon y Villareal-Puerto de Burriana
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there is an extensive 1,250 km (780 mi) system of
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Central and Southern Spain Narrow Gauge: Castile to Huelva
567:) gauge electrified railway and connecting tramway, the 701:"Heads roll in- Spain over trains too wide for tunnels" 1169: 1131: 873: 103:In the north of the country, operated by RENFE and 741:Eastern Spain Narrow Gauge: from Gerona to Málaga 609:Renfe operates the 19.6 km (12.2 mi) 206:) gauge, 21.7 km (13.5 mi), 1925-1974 760:Northern Spain Narrow Gauge: IrĂşn to El Ferrol 851: 8: 496:) gauge, 43 km (27 mi), 1888-1963 351:) gauge, 42 km (26 mi), 1887-1956 323:) gauge, 63 km (39 mi), 1892-1969 241:) gauge, 78 km (48 mi), 1924-1963 858: 844: 836: 718:. 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Index


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FEVE
Muros de NalĂłn
Spain
metre gauge
FEVE
Ferrocarriles Españoles de Vía Estrecha
RENFE

Donostia–San Sebastián
EuskoTren
EuskoTren
Basque
bus
Euskotren Tranbia
Bilbao
Metro Bilbao
EuskoTren
metre gauge
FC Granada a Sierra Nevada
750 mm
FC Valdepenas a Puertollano
FGC
Metro del Baix Llobregat
Llobregat–Anoia line
Funicular de Vallvidrera
Funicular del Tibidabo
Funicular de Gelida
FC de Flassa a Palamos, Gerona y Banolas

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