The Algeicras-Bobadilla railway was built by the
Algeciras Gibraltar Railway Company, the first section of track was laid on 1 September 1888. The first locomotive was built by
Beyer, Peacock & Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Openshaw, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer, Richard Peacock and Henry Robertson, it traded from 1854 until 1966. The company exported locomotives, ...
in
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, England. A 1st class return ticket from
Gibraltar
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to Ronda was set at 17.10
Pesetas.
History
The Algeciras-Bobadilla railway was built for the benefit of British officers stationed in Gibraltar wanting to travel to Spain and the rest of Europe.
To avoid offending Spanish sensitivities, the line was built concluding in Algeciras, a town in Spain on the opposite side of the
Bay of Gibraltar
The Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeciras), is a bay at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula. It is around long by wide, covering an area of some , with a depth of up to in the centre of the bay. It opens to the south into the Strait ...
, rather than at the Gibraltar border. Despite it having no direct connection to the European railway network at the time, a chapter was devoted to Gibraltar in the 1913 guidebook.
So impressed were the inhabitants of Algeciras that they named two streets after people related to the project: one after John Morrison a Scottish engineer ("Juan Morrison"), and one after
Alexander Henderson, who had funded the project.
Current situation
In 2019 Spanish government progressed plans to renovate the ageing infrastructure of the line at an estimated cost of €159 million.
See also
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Algeciras railway station
Algeciras railway station is the southernmost rail station on the Spanish rail network and on the European mainland, and serves the town of Algeciras, Andalusia.
Information
Algeciras station is located at the end of the Algeciras-Bobadilla rai ...
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Bobadilla railway station
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Rail transport in Gibraltar
References
Railway lines in Spain
Rail transport in Andalusia
Rail transport in Gibraltar
Railway lines opened in 1888
1888 establishments in Spain
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