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RENFE sector (1668mm-5ft6in; 3kV) of Hendaye Station, seen from the bogie-changing yard. The French sector and the station building are further left (off-pic) accross the barriers. There is also a further French track further right, but this one is fewer used. One can spot the Transit building (for arrivals from Spain) on the left-hand platform. Hendaye. 07th March 2003. Photo by José Manuel Trigos (JMT@tranvia.org)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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RENFE sector (1668mm-5ft6in; 3kV) of Hendaye Station, seen looking towards the French-Spanish border. The French sector and the station building are further left (off-pic) accross the barriers. There is also a further French track further right, but this one is fewer used. One can spot the Transit building (for arrivals from Spain) on the left-hand platform. Hendaye. October 2003. Photo by Javier (tgv_hendaye@hotmail.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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RENFE sector (1668mm-5ft6in; 3kV) of Hendaye Station, seen looking towards the bogie-changing facility. The French sector and the station building are further right accross the barriers, where the trainshed itself stands. There is also a further French track further left, but this one is fewer used. One can spot the Transit building (for arrivals from Spain) on the right-hand platform. Hendaye. October 2003. Photo by Javier (tgv_hendaye@hotmail.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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French sector of Hendaye station, seen looking towards the station building and Spain. The Spanish sector is further right (off-pic), accross the barriers. These two tracks are standard-gauge (1435mm-4ft8in) and fitted with 1.5kV DC catenary. Hendaye. October 2003. Photo by Javier (tgv_hendaye@hotmail.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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French sector of Hendaye station (1435mm-4ft8in; 1.5kV DC catenary), seen under the trainshed, looking towards Spain. The station main building stands on the left. The building on the right is that for Transit from Spain to France, where customs and immigration checks take place. This building was extended at various times in the 60s and the 70s so as to cater for soaring traffic. The Spanish sector is further right (off-pic), accross the Transit building. Hendaye. October 2003. Photo by Javier (tgv_hendaye@hotmail.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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French sector of Hendaye station (1435mm-4ft8in; 1.5kV DC catenary), seen under the trainshed, looking towards Spain. The train on the left is a TER service, awaiting departure to Bayonne or Bordeaux. Hendaye. November 2002 Photo by José Manuel Trigos (JMT@tranvia.org)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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This warehouse which one can see on the right is the bogie-changing yard of Hendaye. It was used from 1968 to 1996 in revenue operation to change bogies on Franco-Iberic through cars (mainly couchettes). These tracks are part of the French sector of Hendaye station (1435mm-4ft8in; 1.5kV). The Spanish sector (1668mm-5ft6in; 3kV) is located across the bogie-changing yard. Hendaye. October 2003. Photo by Javier (tgv_hendaye@hotmail.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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This warehouse which one can see on the right is the bogie-changing yard of Hendaye, seen from the French sector (1435mm-4ft8in; 1.5kV). Although this facility has not been used in revenue service since 2nd June 1996, it may occasionnaly accommodate some non-public runs. Eg: This Class 41 DMU of SNCB-NMBS, on its way between the Alstom factory in Valencia and Belgium. Hendaye. 17th January 2003. Photo by José Manuel Trigos (JMT@tranvia.org)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Interiors of the bogie-changing yard of Hendaye, seen from the Spanish sector, looking towards the French sector where one can spot an idle USI car... It was used from 1968 to 1996 in revenue operation to change bogies on Franco-Iberic through cars (mainly couchettes). In the good old days, it would accommodate up to some 60 cars each way on a daily basis... This facility was designed so as to accommodate 4 UIC-X cars at the same time, using this dual-gauge single-track. Hendaye. October 2003. Photo by Javier (tgv_hendaye@hotmail.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Overall view of Hendaye Station, (East end), looking towards the station itself and Spain. All tracks seen on this pic are standard-gauge (1435mm-4ft8in). One can see the former bogie-changing yard in the background. Hendaye (East end). January 2003. Photo by José Manuel Trigos (JMT@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)