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Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line

Index Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line

The Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed line is an international high-speed rail line between France and Spain. [1]

49 relations: ACS Group, Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, AVE, AVE Class 100, Barcelona, Barcelona Sants railway station, Basque Country (autonomous community), Break of gauge, Broad-gauge railway, Catalonia, Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier, Double-track railway, Eiffage, El País, European Union, Figueres, Figueres–Vilafant railway station, France, Gare de Perpignan, Girona, High-speed rail, High-speed rail in France, Huesca, International Railway Journal, Languedoc-Roussillon, Left- and right-hand traffic, LGV Méditerranée, LGV Montpellier–Perpignan, Lyon, Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line, Nîmes, Perpignan, Perthus Tunnel, Public–private partnership, Pyrenees, Railway Gazette International, RENFE Class 252, Renfe Operadora, Roussillon, Sagrera railway station, SNCF, SNCF TGV Duplex, Spain, Standard-gauge railway, Structurae, Subsidy, TGV, Variable gauge, 25 kV AC railway electrification.

ACS Group

ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. is a Spanish company dedicated to civil and engineering construction, all types services and telecommunications.

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Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias

ADIF (an acronym of Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias) is a Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure manager under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, charged with the management of most of Spain's railway infrastructure, that is the track, signaling and stations.

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AVE

Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to.

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AVE Class 100

The AVE Class 100, or Series 100, is a high-speed train used for AVE services by the Renfe Operadora, in Spain.

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Barcelona

Barcelona is a city in Spain.

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Barcelona Sants railway station

Barcelona Sants is the main railway station in Barcelona, owned by Adif, the railway infrastructure agency of Spain.

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Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country (Euskadi; País Vasco; Pays Basque), officially the Basque Autonomous Community (Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa, EAE; Comunidad Autónoma Vasca, CAV) is an autonomous community in northern Spain.

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Break of gauge

With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one gauge meets a line of a different gauge.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern extremity of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier

The Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier (English: "Nîmes – Montpellier Bypass"), also known as the LGV Nîmes–Montpellier (French: ligne à grande vitesse), is a high-speed railway line under construction, bypassing the cities of Nîmes and Montpellier in Southern France.

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Double-track railway

A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.

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Eiffage

Eiffage S.A. is a French civil engineering construction company.

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El País

El País (literally The Country) is the most read newspaper (231,140 printed copies) in Spain and the most circulated daily newspaper (180,765 circulation average), according to data certified by the Office of Justification of Dissemination (OJD) and referring to the period of January 2017 to December 2017.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Figueres

Figueres (Catalan for fig trees) is the capital of the comarca of Alt Empordà, in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

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Figueres–Vilafant railway station

Figueres–Vilafant is a railway station serving the city of Figueres in Catalonia, Spain.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Gare de Perpignan

Perpignan is the railway station serving the city of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, southern France.

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Girona

Girona (Gerona; Gérone) is a city in Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell and has an official population of 99,013 as of January 2017.

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High-speed rail

High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

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High-speed rail in France

The first French high-speed rail line opened in 1981, between Paris's and Lyon's suburbs.

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Huesca

Huesca (Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon.

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International Railway Journal

The International Railway Journal is a monthly international trade magazine published by Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation (Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom).

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Languedoc-Roussillon

Languedoc-Roussillon (Lengadòc-Rosselhon; Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France.

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Left- and right-hand traffic

The terms right-hand traffic (RHT) and left-hand traffic (LHT) refer to the practice, in bidirectional traffic situations, to keep to the right side or to the left side of the road, respectively.

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LGV Méditerranée

The LGV Méditerranée (French: Ligne à Grande Vitesse; English: high-speed line) is a 250 kilometre-long (160 miles) French high-speed rail line running between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, Drôme and Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, also featuring a connection to Nîmes, Gard (west of the line).

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LGV Montpellier–Perpignan

The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique is a proposed high-speed railway line between the French cities of Montpellier and Perpignan, at which points they will link with the Contournement Nîmes – Montpellier and LGV Perpignan-Figueres.

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Lyon

Lyon (Liyon), is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France.

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Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line

The Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line is a standard gauge railway line inaugurated on 20 February 2008.

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Nîmes

Nîmes (Provençal Occitan: Nimes) is a city in the Occitanie region of southern France.

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Perpignan

Perpignan (Perpinyà) is a city, a commune, and the capital of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Perthus Tunnel

The Perthus Tunnel is a twin-bore railway tunnel between France and Spain under the Eastern Pyrenees, built as part of the high-speed railway line Perpignan-Figueres.

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Public–private partnership

A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P or P3) is a cooperative arrangement between two or more public and private sectors, typically of a long-term nature.

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Pyrenees

The Pyrenees (Pirineos, Pyrénées, Pirineus, Pirineus, Pirenèus, Pirinioak) is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between Spain and France.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a monthly business journal covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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RENFE Class 252

The RENFE class 252 are a series of Bo'Bo' electric locomotives, built by CAF, Meinfesa, Siemens and Krauss-Maffei for RENFE.

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Renfe Operadora

Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the, the and the networks of the Spanish national railway infrastructure company Adif (Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias—Railway Infrastructure Administration).

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Roussillon

Roussillon (or;; Rosselló, Occitan: Rosselhon) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees).

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Sagrera railway station

Sagrera railway station (Estació de la Sagrera, Estación de la Sagrera) is a major through station under construction in the Barcelona districts of Sant Andreu and Sant Martí, in Catalonia, Spain.

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SNCF

The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF, "French National Railway Company") is France's national state-owned railway company.

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SNCF TGV Duplex

The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Structurae

Structurae is an online database containing pictures and information about structural and civil engineering works, and their associated engineers, architects, and builders.

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Subsidy

A subsidy is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy.

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TGV

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train") is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by the SNCF, the state-owned national rail operator.

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Variable gauge

A variable gauge system allows railway vehicles in a train to travel across a break of gauge caused by two railway networks with differing track gauges.

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25 kV AC railway electrification

25 kV alternating current electrification is commonly used in railway electrification systems worldwide, especially for high-speed rail.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpignan–Barcelona_high-speed_rail_line

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