Irun is a
railway station
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in
Irun
Irun ( es, Irún, eu, Irun) is a town of the Bidasoaldea region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.
History
It lies on the foundations of the ancient Oiasso, cited as ...
,
Basque Country,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. The station is located on the
Bordeaux - Irun, Bilbao - Hendaye and
Madrid–Hendaye railway lines. The station is served by
TGV
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(high speed trains) operated by the
SNCF
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and
Alvia
Alvia is a high-speed train service in Spain used by Renfe Operadora for long-distance service with a top speed of . The trains have the ability to use both Iberian gauge and standard gauge, which allows them to travel on the recently constructed ...
(High Speed Trains),
Talgo
Talgo (officially Patentes Talgo, SAU) is a Spanish manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high-speed passenger trains.
Corporate history
TALGO, an abbreviation of Tren Articulado Ligero Goicoechea Oriol (English: ''Lightweight articulated tra ...
,
Arco
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, Estrella and
Cercanías San Sebastián
''Cercanías San Sebastián'' (in Basque ''Renfe Aldiriak - Donostia'') is a double track electrified commuter railway service provided by Renfe Operadora serving the city of San Sebastián in the Basque Country in northern Spain. It compleme ...
services operated by
RENFE.
The station is a border railway station where all trains have to stop, as those coming from/going into
France
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have to change gauge from to . The electric pickup supply also changes here from 3000 V DC (overhead Spain) to 1500 V DC (overhead France). Between the stations of
Hendaye
Hendaye (Basque language, Basque: ''Hendaia'')[HENDAIA]
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and Irun, both track gauges run together.
Train services
The following services currently call at Irun:
References
External links
RENFE
Railway stations in Gipuzkoa
Irun
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