The Olot to Girona Railway was a gauge railway line that operated over of track between

Olot Olot (; ) is the capital city of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' of Garrotxa, in the Province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The city is known for its natural landscape, including four volcanoes scattered around the city center. The municipali ...

and

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

, in the

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. The line crosses the Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park and follows the valleys of the Fluvià, and Ter rivers. It opened in stages from 1895 to 1911, and closed in 1969. The first section of the line, which connected

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, in the western suburbs of Girona, to Amer opened in 1895. In 1898, the short section from Girona's main line railway station to Salt opened. In 1900, the section from Amer to

les Planes d'Hostoles Les Planes d'Hostoles () is a village and municipality in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 1,694. From 1900, Les Planes d'Hostoles was linked to ...

opened. In 1902, the line was extended to

Sant Feliu de Pallerols Sant Feliu de Pallerols () is a village in the province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and the population in 2014 was 1,353. From 1902, Sant Feliu de Pallerols was linked to Girona by th ...

. In 1911, the final extension to

opened. The line suffered financial and physical losses during the

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. Republican troops blew up many of the bridges as they retreated and a large number of locomotives and rolling stock were lost. Flooding in 1940 also caused further damage to the tracks. In 1963 the railway was taken over by the state-owned Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha (FEVE), but it was closed in July, 1969. The line has been converted into a greenway linking Olot and Girona. Many of the line's tunnels and bridges still exist, as do several station buildings. Most notably, the still stands, adjacent to the main line railway station, and is included in the .

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