Barca d'Alva-Fregeneda (Tunnel 4) - Spain
Posted by: tmob
N 40° 57.432 W 006° 51.752
29T E 679886 N 4536205
Tunnel #4 out of 20 on the abandoned line from Barca d'Alva (Portugal) to Fregeneda (Spain)
Waymark Code: WMAWPH
Location: Castilla y León, Spain
Date Posted: 03/04/2011
Views: 10
«The connection to Spain for Barca d'Alva was considered of vital economic interest at the end of the nineteenth century, and its construction (including the Spanish side) was financed by a bank syndicate port. A series of 20 tunnels and 13 bridges took the train to La Fregeneda (to 17 kms) from Barca d'Alva, which went to Salamanca. In 1988 the movement is interrupted between Pocinho and Barca d'Alva following the Spanish decision (1985) to abandon this connection border.»
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