This is the very first/last station of Eusko Tren in Spanish territory.
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In pre-Schengen days, border checks on Eusko Tren services were carried out there (rather than in Hendaye, surprisingly). Passengers would alight at one end of the platform, then go through Immigration and Customs checks within that building. Thereafter, they would get back to the platform, yet at the opposite end, where the empty trainset had moved meanwhile...
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These times are now over: the building is closed, and this station is a mere unstaffed stop.
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All cars parked there on that morning had French licence plates: very few people actually live on the Spanish side there, while parking is virtually free, unlike in Hendaye...
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Puente Internacional-Nazioarteko Zubia (Irun).
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29th July 2005.
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P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).