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Chronologic order.. |
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02-01-1887 |
Archive done by Joan Casas and Enric Heriz, projecting the San Feliu de Guixols railroad in Gerona. |
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09-01-1889 |
Completion of a definitive project started by Carles Cardenal, MZA engineer. |
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15-04-1889 |
An early Anonymous Railroad Company of San Feliu is started with a 1.536.100 pesetas social budget in Gerona. |
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1889 |
The company starts a railroad expansion taking "la Llagostera" as a starting point. |
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1890 |
The mobile equipment is already ordered. |
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01-1891 |
M. Jean Mettewi, as the one who put the Tranvia del aix rails on "El Empordà" three years ago, starts deploying rails. |
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02-1891 |
The first locomotives start arriving from Germany along with more mobile equipment. |
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06-08-1891 |
The first test drive is made at 30 km/h. |
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01-1892 |
The mobile equipment ordered is complete now with the last equipment delivery. |
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24-06-1892 |
Joan Casas gets an official permission from Madrid to travel to San Feliu from Gerona, with the convoy making all of the planned stops. |
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29-06-1892 |
The project recieves eclesiastic blessing. |
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30-06-1892 |
The first comercial drive starts its service at 05:01 AM. |
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1895 |
A new convoy starts its service between Amer and Salt in Olot. A possible shared station was thought. |
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1898 |
During the Cuba war, the recession decreases the railroad productivity. |
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1903 |
The benefits and losses are balancing again.. |
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1904 |
The pier starts its construction. A locomotive is orderd, along with 2 baggage cars and 15 more cars. In San Feliu, a new structure is built for locomotive storage. |
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16-11-1908 30-12-1908 |
The heavy rain leaves moderate overall damage, but specially on the bridges that endured the river flow enormous increase. |
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5/6-11-1912 |
A solidary strike takes place in response to the one started in M.Z.A. |
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19-12-1913 |
The Ridaura bridge that was damaged by the heavy rains that took place on 1908 is replaced. |
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1914 |
The railroad recieves a decrease on passengers because of the repetitive bad weather with snowing. In addition, the first world war takes place and the external markets are closed. |
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1915 |
The amount of passengers start to increase because of the switching between the Puerto and M.Z.A. stations in Gerona.. |
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1918 |
Thirtheen new platforms are bought. |
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14-08-1918 |
A new dependence is approved. It would connect the pier with the Sant Feliu station. |
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1924 |
The most recent dependence is opened, but most importantly, the linguistic repression that kept asking for a change in the names of the stations comes to an end. The DGOP ended the repression with a final resolution that enabled the stations to keep their names regardless of the use that they recieved. |
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años 20 |
Two big locomotives (11 and 12) are received along with 17 big size cars. |
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1927 |
A new record on comercial traffic is set with 52.114 Tm. |
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años 30 |
The globla crysis is starting to hit the railroad productivity with the decreased comercial use. |
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18-07-1936 |
With the start of the Spanish civil war, the service stops for a few days. |
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23-07-1936 |
The railroad is practicaly stolen by the regional railroad comitee. |
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The bridge over the Verneda river is destroyed by the republican troops as they retired. |
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1939 |
With the new restrictions, 19 employees are fired and with the end of the war, the service is restarted with only 1 convoy and 2 roads. |
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1940 |
With the completion of the new bridge a increase of the comercial traffic is noticed. |
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1942 |
50th aniverary. |
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1943 |
The legal problems regarding payments come to an end with the help of a judge of La Bisbal. |
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1944 |
The traffic recieves a progressive increase and the railroad reaches a few saturation points. |
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1946 |
This year, the railroad manages to transport 508.306 passangers, thus setting a new record. A new locomotive (nº 20) coming from El Baix Empordà is deployed. |
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1947 |
A petition to the state is made, asking for an extra budget. |
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21-04-1949 |
The state gives birth to a law helping the small roads railroads. Furthermore, a new shared station in Olot-Gerona is being planned. |
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1950 |
The traffic receives a decrease due to the everlasting automobile use increase. |
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1951 |
A new extra budget is received to help keep up with the debt. |
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1953 |
The bigger locomotives (11 and 12) are rented to a factory in Mieres. |
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1956 |
The Baix Emporda tramway is closed. |
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1957 |
Two locomotives are finally sold to the factory of Mieres. |
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1959 |
The railroad unificates with the Olot-Gerona railroad. They now posses 3 managers per company and 3 statal managers. |
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15-10-63 |
The state takes control of the railroads that have too much debt. |
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Two special locomotives coming from Castellon are bought (5 and 7) with a Compound system. |
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1966 |
Sofrerail studies the railroad viability. |
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10-04-69 |
The San Feliu to Gerona railroad ceases its activity. |
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15-07-69 |
The Olot to Gerona railroad ceases its activity. |
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Please send me an email if you find new historic-related information regarding the San Feliu railroad and I will have the pleasure of contacting you. |
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Family portrait (Picture taken from Ignasi Griñón historic archive)
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