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Railway Attractions In Monistrol de Montserrat

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Monistrol de Montserrat is a municipality in the comarca of the Bages in Catalonia, Spain. The municipality includes the southern two-thirds of the massif of Montserrat and the famous Benedictine monastery of the same name. The town, known as Montserrat-Vila, is situated on the eastern flank of the massif above the valley of the Llobregat river: it is connected with the monastery and with the railway station in the valley by a rack railway . The C-1411 road links the town with Martorell and Manresa. The bridge over the Llobregat river dates from the fourteenth century. The municipality includes a small exclave to the north-west.
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Railway Attractions In Monistrol de Montserrat

  • 1. Cremallera de Montserrat Monistrol De Montserrat
    The Montserrat Rack Railway 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 long and has a rail gauge of 1,000 mm . The first 1 km 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 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 .
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