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The national railway network of Spain, Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Espa\u00f1oles (RENFE), was using Iberian gauge for all of its main lines, while those of France and Switzerland use standard gauge. As a result of this break-of-gauge, train journeys between Geneva and Barcelona consisted of two separate parts, with travelers having to change[5] from a French to a Spanish train or vice versa at the border\u2014at Portbou (alternatively written as Port Bou) on southbound trains and at Cerb\u00e8re on northbound trains.[6] In 1968, this was resolved with the introduction of the Talgo III RD trainsets, which featured variable gauge wheelsets.[7] At Portbou station,[1] the wheel spacing of each passenger carriage was adjusted by a gauge changer for the difference in gauge, and passengers no longer had to change trains.[1][2] After successful test runs,[8] the Catalan was extended from Port Bou to Barcelona as a through train on 1 June 1969, becoming the Catalan Talgo and upgraded to a Trans Europ Express (TEE).[1] Most other rail journeys through this border crossing continued to require a change of train at Cerb\u00e8re station or at Port Bou,[1] as most trains did not use Talgo III RD trainsets.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsTrans Europ Express[edit]Rolling stock[edit]Traction[edit]Coaches[edit]Route and timetable[edit]EuroCity[edit]References[edit]Works cited[edit]Trans Europ Express[edit]Rolling stock[edit]Traction[edit]  Initially the Catalan Talgo was hauled by the RENFE class 3000 locomotives, the later class 353. These locomotives[9] were not equipped with adaptable bogies, so the locomotive numbers 3003 and 3004, which had Iberian gauge bogies, worked the section between Barcelona and the French-Spanish border, while the other three locomotives of this series, which had standard gauge bogies, served the section between the French-Spanish border and Geneva. Already in September 1971, the standard gauge locomotives were replaced by class BB 67400 of SNCF. The broad gauge locomotives were replaced shortly after by class 276 of RENFE.[10] In 1975, the route between Geneva and Avignon was changed. Instead of Grenoble the electrified tracks via Lyon were used, allowing the entire Geneva \u2013 Narbonne route section to be worked by an SNCF BB 9300 class locomotive.[11] When in early 1980 the route Narbonne \u2013 Portbou was electrified as well, the BB 9300 class was replaced by SNCF BB 7200 class.[12]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Coaches[edit]  The coaches are all variants of the type Talgo III RD. These coaches (RT), built in 1968, were deployed until the end of 2010. A generator car, supplying power for the train’s electrical system, is located at both ends of the carriages. These generator cars also provide the coupling to the locomotive because the Talgo coupling between the carriages is not compatible with other railway stock. One generator car, the RT 212, houses the train chief’s office, while the other, the RT 211, is provided with a luggage compartment. The basic composition of the train consisted, in between the two generator cars, of nine carriages RT 201, one bar\/kitchen car RT 206 and two dining cars RT 210.[13] The RT 206 was situated approximately in the middle of the train, flanked by an RT 210 on both sides; the RT 211 formed the Spanish side and the RT 212 the Swiss side of the train. In case of heavy traffic, up to seven RT 201 could be added, so a train of 21 carriages,[10] each 11.5 m long, could be formed. After the introduction of the RT 202 second-class carriages in 1982, which were conveyed between the RT 206 and RT 212, the RT 210 on that side of the RT 206 was removed.Route and timetable[edit]In 1969, the TEE service started with the Swiss designation CG, GC (Catalunya-Gen\u00e8ve and v.v.) and the Spanish train numbers TEE 83,84.[14] On 23 May 1971, the train was renumbered to TEE 70\/71 \u2013 TEE 72\/73; in Spain the numbers TEE 73,70 were used, from 26 May 1974 TEE 5073,5070. The double numbering is due to the fact that, in both terminals, outbound trains are given an odd number and incoming an even number. The original route was: Barcelona \u2013 Girona \u2013 Portbou \u2013 Cerb\u00e8re \u2013 Perpignan \u2013 Narbonne \u2013 B\u00e9ziers \u2013 Sete \u2013 Montpellier \u2013 N\u00eemes \u2013 Avignon \u2013 Valence \u2013 Romans Bourg de P\u00e9age \u2013 Grenoble \u2013 Challes les Eaux \u2013 Chamb\u00e9ry \u2013 Aix les Bains Le Revard \u2013 Culoz \u2013 Bellegarde \u2013 Geneva-Cornavin. On 31 May 1970, the stops at Romans Bourg de P\u00e9age and S\u00e8te were removed from the timetable.[15]  TEE Catalan Talgo (blue) and the connecting TEE Ligure (red)The schedule was designed to provide easy passenger connections to and from the TEE Ligure in Avignon. The TEE Catalan Talgo services, in both directions, called at Avignon just after the arrival of the TEE Ligure from Milan and before departure of the TEE Ligure to Milan.[1][16] This allowed the travelers to change between the two TEE services at around 3\u00a0pm. On 28 September 1975, at the urging of SBB and RENFE, the route between Valence and Bellegarde was modified, so between Narbonne and Geneva a through electric service could be implemented.[17] The only stop between Bellegarde and Valence was Lyon-Brotteaux (today Lyon Part-Dieu). This was a technical stop only, without passengers boarding or leaving the train. Although this route was one kilometer longer, the total travel time was shortened by almost 40 minutes. A costly side-effect of this change was that an extra train between Geneva and Grenoble had to be operated. In 1982, hoping to attract more passengers, RENFE added second-class carriages to the train formation. As a result, the TEE requirement of first-class-only cars was no longer met, and the Catalan Talgo was downgraded to a normal Intercity service.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4EuroCity[edit]  In 1987, the Catalan Talgo became part of the then-new EuroCity network.[18] In the fall of 1994, with the introduction of TGV services from Paris and Geneva to Montpellier, the Catalan Talgo was shortened to the Montpellier \u2013 Barcelona part.[19] The TGV high-speed line was extended to Barcelona in December 2013. The Catalan Talgo was taken out of service in December 2010.[3]References[edit]^ a b c d e f g “Stop Press” (changes taking effect).  Cooks Continental Timetable (June 1969 edition), p. 6; also pp. 71, 106, 236. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.^ a b Espa\u00f1a en el Trans Europ Express. (PDF) (in Spanish) V\u00eda Libre, la revista del ferrocarril, No. 67 (July 1969), pp. 4\u20135. Linked from this page on the website of Via Libre magazine, dated 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-03.^ a b “Le Catalan Talgo”, Trains d’Europe^ TEE, p.\u00a018.^ La L\u00e9gende des TEE, p.\u00a0274.^ Cooks Continental Timetable (July 1968 edition), pp. 236, 238. Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.^ De un sue\u00f1o a la alta velocidad, p.\u00a074.^ De un sue\u00f1o a la alta velocidad, pp.\u00a081\u201382.^ De un sue\u00f1o a la alta velocidad, p.\u00a0120.^ a b Das grosse TEE Buch, p.\u00a0122.^ Das grosse TEE Buch, p.\u00a0124.^ TEE Z\u00fcge in der Schweiz., p.\u00a0128.^ TEE Z\u00fcge in der Schweiz, p.\u00a0127.^ TEE Z\u00fcge in der Schweiz, p.\u00a089.^ Vorfahrt in Europa, TEE 1971\/72, table\u00a019.^ Il TEE Breda, p.\u00a036.^ La L\u00e9gende des TEE, p.\u00a0276.^ Thomas Cook Continental Timetable (31 May \u2013 30 June 1987 edition), pp. 66, 472, 474. Thomas Cook Publishing.^ La L\u00e9gende des TEE, p.\u00a0278.Works cited[edit]Werbeamt der DB (1971). Vorfahrt in Europa, TEE 1971\/72 (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Bundesbahn.UIC (1972). TEE (in Dutch). Paris: Union International des Chemins de Fer.Hajt, J\u00f6rg (2001). Das grosse TEE Buch (in German). Bonn\/K\u00f6nigswinter: Heel Verlag. ISBN\u00a03-89365-948-X.Dell’Amico, Franco (2005). Il TEE Breda (in Italian). Savona: ACME.Goette, Peter; Willen, Peter (2006). TEE-Z\u00fcge in der Schweiz und schweizer TEE-Z\u00fcge im Ausland (in German). Fribourg: EK-Verlag. ISBN\u00a0978-3-88255-697-1.Mertens, Maurice; Malaspina, Jean-Pierre (2007). La L\u00e9gende des Trans Europ Express (in French). Vannes: LR Presse. ISBN\u00a0978-29-036514-5-9.Eruste, Manuel Galan; L\u00f3pez-Luzzatti, Miguel Cano (2010). De un sue\u00f1o a la alta velocidad (in Spanish). Las Matas: Patentes Talgo. ISBN\u00a0978-8493286-1-87.     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