Route The Narbonne - Portbou Railway In France Sncf

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  1. Ilba8765

    Ilba8765 Well-Known Member

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    Bonjour
    I would like to introduce a cool line to all of you, this one about a large part of the South of France near Marseille, or maybe not so close. The Narbonne—Portbou railway is an important 104-kilometre long railway line that connects the city of Narbonne, France to northeastern Spain.

    every stop on the Narbonne–Portbou railway is listed below


    - Narbonne
    -
    Port-la-Nouvelle
    - Leucate-La Franqui
    - Salses
    - Riversaltes
    - Perpignan

    - Elne
    - Argelès-sur-Mer
    - Collioure
    - Port-Vendres
    - Banyuls-sur-mer
    - Cerbère (France)
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    - Portbou (Spain)


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    détails
    Opened
    1858-1878
    104 km (65 mi) long or short
    company SNCF
    Double-Track
    Electrification 1.5 kV DC


    Cab view video on YouTube Not the complete line just from Perpignan - Narbonne, the only one I could find and also the most beautiful part of the entire route



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    Trains

    starting with the TGV that runs on this line to reach Barcelona from Paris. These can already be used as layers of the current LGV Mediterranee: Marseille - Avignon Route.


    new train series
    Alstom
    Coradia regional train in
    TER Occitanie SNCF livery

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    To make the line even more variation. A introduction of the first French locomotive for freight services, possibly a BB 26000
     
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  2. NSR#7397

    NSR#7397 Member

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    Ça fait plaisir de voir un autre joueur proposer une nouvelle carte dans ma région en Occitanie j'ai proposé Toulouse - Narbonne
     
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  3. NSR#7397

    NSR#7397 Member

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    En passant j'aime beaucoup cet itinéraire
     
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  4. driverwoods#1787

    driverwoods#1787 Well-Known Member

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    Since this ends in Portbou you need BB7200/BB26000 to haul Talgo coaches Talgo III Catalan Talgo and Trenhotel that includes a gauge changer shed like this one
    Portbou Talgo gauge changer
     
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  5. dan_2005

    dan_2005 New Member

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    Been there on holiday, be nice to see as the overnight services also run down here, possibility for the 7200 or 22200
     
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  6. Caravatt

    Caravatt Well-Known Member

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    Nice suggestion Ilba8765! I know this area well, having been twice in Occitanie. I remind you the presence of the AVE 100 (RENFE) and Z27500 (4 cars). It would be nice to see an Intercités pulled by a BB7200 or 22200. A BB26000 would also be nice! They often run around here in Fantôme livery.
    PS. Why not a nice Class 66 (French version)? It would be easy to make from the English 66!
     
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  7. Ferrovipathe67

    Ferrovipathe67 Well-Known Member

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    for the rolling stock we need a Regiolis and a BR 186 (MS) in ECR or DB red trafic livery + 2 new wagons
     
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  8. tibomatthijs

    tibomatthijs Well-Known Member

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    more SNCF in TSW? Hellyeah! Sadly DTG focusses on their 3 main countries, so we won't see another French route any soon
     
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  9. Ilba8765

    Ilba8765 Well-Known Member

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    If we keep hoping, it might happen one day, after all, they did make the "LGV Méditerranée" also in the past.
     
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  10. Ilba8765

    Ilba8765 Well-Known Member

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    BR186 As a freight train it would be really cool. The sounds of the locomotive are too fantastic to exclude, and next to the Vectron you see these driving around Europe in many places.
     
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    Ilba8765 Well-Known Member

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    Thank you, any correction is always appreciated.
    Indeed, if you see how much this appears in new released DLC, they should also make a European version of it. It would be nice too. Something completely different to have in safety systems on the class 66.
     
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  12. Ilba8765

    Ilba8765 Well-Known Member

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    Absolute, I secretly hope that they prefer to build a French locomotive especially a SNCF BB 7200
    on top of an modern EMU
     
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  13. tibomatthijs

    tibomatthijs Well-Known Member

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    After that they said they would stop with other countries
     
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  14. The Training Center Goat

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    Tellement belle la végétation dans le Sud :love:
     
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