The station opened in 1928 and served as the hub for travellers going between Spain & France, they all had to change there as the Spanish & French railways used different sized tracks! , it was taken over by the Germans during WW2 ....and due to an accident that wiped out a bridge on the French side it closed in 1970 as the French decided not to re-build the bridge, the station featured in the film "Dr Zhivago" & the main building is a truly stunning building, it's also inaccessible due to a fence and cctv!!!....there is also a research laboratory underneath it....hmmmmm, what do they research?....for anyone interested in things like railway tunnels there are LOADS of them as you start climbing into the mountains on the French side, mostly easy to get to & some are really long, also a lot of nice bridges.....the railyard is huge & has a lot of buildings, a lot to see & if you can squeeze in through a convenient hole in one shed you'll find it full of disused railway carriages, some of which are really old.....well worth the 2 hour drive, we also passed the amazing Fort du Portalet.....WOW!.
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