page_title: Montserrat Rack Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Montserrat Rack Railway
caption_attribution_description: Montserrat (Spain) Rack Railway bridge
context_page_description: The Montserrat Rack Railway is a mountain railway line north-west of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The line runs from Monistrol de Montserrat to the mountain-top monastery of Montserrat.
  The line is 5 km long and has a rail gauge of 1,000 mm. The first 1 km of the line, between Monistrol and the only intermediate station at Monistrol Vila, is operated by conventional adhesion. The remainder of the line is operated as a rack railway using the Abt system, overcoming a height difference of 550 m with a maximum gradient of 15.6 %. The line is electrified with an overhead supply at 1500 V DC.
  The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
context_section_description: The Montserrat Rack Railway (Catalan: Cremallera de Montserrat, IPA: [kɾəməˈʎeɾə ðə munsəˈrat]) is a mountain railway line north-west of Barcelona in  Catalonia, Spain. The line runs from Monistrol de Montserrat to the mountain-top monastery of Montserrat.
  The line is 5 km (3.1 mi) long and has a rail gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in). The first 1 km (0.6 mi) of the line, between Monistrol and the only intermediate station at Monistrol Vila, is operated by conventional adhesion. The remainder of the line is operated as a rack railway using the Abt system, overcoming a height difference of 550 m (1,804 ft) with a maximum gradient of 15.6 %. The line is electrified with an overhead supply at 1500 V DC.
  The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC).
caption: The Pont del Centenari bridge.
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