Ramal Internacional de Valença - Valença, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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N 42° 02.065 W 008° 38.669
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Ramal Internacional de Valença is an international railway line which connects the stations of Valença, in Portugal, and Guillarei, in Galicia (Spain). It was opened on 25 March 1886
Waymark Code: WM18P0A
Location: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/02/2023
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"History
Construction
In Spain, the line between Tuy and Vigo entered service on March 17 , 1878 , by the Medina-Zamora-Orense-Vigo Company , which also inaugurated, in that year, the connection between Tuy and Caldelas . 3? For its part, the Miño Line arrived in Valença on August 6 , 1882 , built by the Portuguese Government.
The construction of the Tuy International Bridge , which made it possible to cross the Miño River , began in 1885 , with the inauguration taking place on March 25 , 1886 , establishing the connection with the Spanish railway network in Galicia .
Services
In the summer of 1975 , the carrier Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles operated mixed freight and passenger services, of the bus type, between Guillarey , Tuy and Valença , towed by locomotives of the 7000 and 5000 series; Freight traffic had to be carried out in this way, due to the reduced load capacity of the international bridge . Passenger convoys were carried out through this connection until the end of the 1980s , towed by Series 10,300 or 10,800 locomotives of theSpanish National Railway Network , as they are the only units of this operator authorized to cross the Tuy International Bridge ; These were the only passenger services carried out by Series 10300 locomotives."
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