XTreme Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Spanish govt restrictions say that you have to be riding for a specific reason. Therefore I was going to the bike dealer in Baza and somehow took a wrong turning! We've all done it! Amazingly I ended up at the site of the former Caniles railway station which first opened in 1894. It was located next to the former “Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes” sugar factory which shut down in 1973. The line itself finally closed in 1984, but the former station buildings have since been restored, and the railway tracks have now been replaced by country walks. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I love small train stations like those, it's a good thing they're restored. Here, there was a movement a while ago to renovate old train stations and make them nicer to use instead of just replacing the buildings with soulless modern affairs. Great idea it was, too. Some, not in use anymore, were even converted to restaurants and guesthouses, which I guess is great unless you're sleeping and a freight train passes at 3AM I thought of taking a few pictures of stuff like that yesterday, as the train tracks along the Douro are the most picturesque in Portugal, but couldn't be bothered 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 In the early 70's in Britain there was miles of old former railway tracks right across the UK, and I used to follow them on my little Honda XL. Some of the stations were still standing as well. Then they converted them into bloody nature walks so access for the likes of us was gone. Seems they did the same in Spain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 This cornhole chit is proving what a bunch of cunts the govt types are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 We used to ride a lot of old railway tracks in the Valleys, the authorities have done their best to stop you getting onto them now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Same over this side. There's a few stations still surviving as homes which is good to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max GSSR Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 The sugar factory was huge and gave work to the area by buying sugar beet. I managed to sneak in to the factory -it's HUGE! See http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=AC . Sugar was a big thing a century ago, with huge factories being built: http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=SCA http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=ST The Caniles factory had its own private line right onto the site. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 51 minutes ago, Max GSSR said: The sugar factory was huge and gave work to the area by buying sugar beet. I managed to sneak in to the factory -it's HUGE! See http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=AC . Sugar was a big thing a century ago, with huge factories being built: http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=SCA http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=ST The Caniles factory had its own private line right onto the site. How did you manage to get inside Max? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 39 minutes ago, XTreme said: How did you manage to get inside Max? Maybe with the help of these 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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