Transport in Andorra
Andorra is a landlocked country in Europe, which lies between France and Spain, whose transport infrastructure is primarily road provision.
Railways
Andorra has no railways, and never had, although the line connecting Latour-de-Carol and Toulouse, which in turn connects to France's TGVs at Toulouse, runs within 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of the Andorran border. One station in France is connected by bus to Andorra la Vella — L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (served by the SNCF). A bus service used to run to Latour-de-Carol, served by both SNCF's line to Toulouse and Spain's (Renfe's) line to Barcelona.[1][2]
A new public transport system, "Metro Aeri", was proposed by the government in 2004, but has not been built. It would have been an elevated cable metro system that would glide above the city's river.[3]
Roads
Andorra has a network of roads, with a total length of 269 km (167 mi), of which 198 km (123 mi) are paved, leaving 71 km (44 mi) of unpaved road. The main road to the north (
Bus services cover all metropolitan areas and many rural communities, with services on most major routes running half-hourly or more frequently during peak travel times. There are frequent long-distance bus services from Andorra to
Airways
There are no airports for fixed-wing aircraft within Andorra's borders but there are, however, heliports in
Nearby airports located in Spain and France provide access to international flights for the Principality. There is an airport located in the neighbouring Catalan comarca of
The nearest other airports are at
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2024 ed.).
- ^ SNCF Map
- ^ Google map
- ^ "La construcció del metro aeri d'Andorra no començarà abans que s'acabi aquesta legislatura - Europa Press - VilaWeb". 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ Agència de Mobilitat, Govern d'Andorra Archived 2013-03-17 at the National and University Library of Iceland
- ^ L'Hospitalet. La RN 20 coupée à cause d'une avalanche, La Depeche, 17 December 2008. Ladepeche.fr (in French)
- ^ Public transport of passengers Archived 2012-05-26 at archive.today, Servei de Planificació i Gestió del Transport, Govern d'Andorra, 2009.
- ^ "Inici - Heliand - Helicopters a Andorra". Heliand. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
- ^ [1] Archived July 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Public and regional airport of Andorra-la Seu d'Urgell".
External links
Media related to Transport in Andorra at Wikimedia Commons
- Andorra Public Transport (in multiple languages)
- Transport ministry of Andorra