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Cremallera de Montserrat

Cremallera de Montserrat
Montserrat RR bridge.jpg
The Pont del Centenari bridge.
Overview
Locale North of Barcelona
Operation
Opened 1892, reopen 6 June 2003
Closed 12 May 1957
Owner Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Operator(s) Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Technical
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Electrification 1500 V DC Overhead line
Operating speed 30 km/h (18.6 mph) on rack 45 km/h (28.0 mph) adhesion
Maximum incline 15.6 %
Rack system Abt
Cremallera de Montserrat
Monistrol de Montserrat FGC.svg R5 barcelona.svg
FGC.svg R5 barcelona.svg Montserrat-Aeri
Pont del centenari
FGC.svg Llobregat–Anoia line of FGC
Monistrol-Vila
Cremallera de Montserrat
Aeri de Montserrat
La Santa Cova
Funicular de la Santa Cova
Montserrat-Monestir
Montserrat-Monestir
Funicular de Sant Joan
Ermita de Sant Joan

The Montserrat Rack Railway (Catalan: Cremallera de Montserrat, IPA: [kɾəməˈʎeɾə ðə munsəˈrat]) is a mountain railway line north of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The line runs from Monistrol de Montserrat to the mountain-top monastery of Montserrat.

The line is 5 km (3.1 mi) long and has a rail gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in). The first 1 km (0.6 mi) of the line, between Monistrol and the only intermediate station at Monistrol Vila, is operated by conventional adhesion. The remainder of the line is operated as a rack railway using the Abt system, overcoming a height difference of 550 m (1,804 ft) with a maximum gradient of 15.6 %. The line is electrified with an overhead supply at 1500 V DC.

The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC).

A line on this route was originally opened in 1892. Competition arrived in 1930, in the form of the Aeri de Montserrat, an aerial cable car that also carries passengers to the monastery. A narrow road also reaches the monastery. After poor financial results and an accident in 1953, the rack railway line was closed on 12 May 1957.


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