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Some interesting news from El País (in English) about the old Canfranc train station, closed since 1970.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/07/inenglish/1517999169_869596.html
The article is fun in itself, dwelling as it does on Nazi gold and so on, but of interest to pilgrims of the Somport route down to the Camino Aragonès proper, it seems that there are some serious restoration and refurbishment plans, including especially :
Now, however, various projects are on the table designed to revive its faded grandeur. One entails the relaunch of international train traffic and has just received a grant of €7.5 million from the EU.
and :
What is now a rubble-filled shell will be turned into hotels, restaurants, homes and even a railway museum. And there are also plans for a refuge for pilgrims on the Way of Saint James, thereby encouraging people to undertake this stretch of the route through Aragon.
The target date for the restoration work is 2021, though I've no idea about a date for the reopening of the railway (though perhaps they might restore at least the Spanish side of it at about the same time ?) -- though one can see from the article that some work has already been done on cleaning up the tracks on the French side of the border.
It should be just gorgeous! The first bit coming out of Somport might have a tiny bit of snow still, and the rest of the way will be in splendid spring. Great time of the year for this amazing underrated camino, indeed!Interesting article! I will walk the Aragones in the second half of May this year. By the way what is the temperature in Aragon at that period?
It should be just gorgeous! The first bit coming out of Somport might have a tiny bit of snow still, and the rest of the way will be in splendid spring. Great time of the year for this amazing underrated camino, indeed![
Thank you for the info.
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